2 Chronicles 1:13-17 (NIVUK)
13 Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting. And he reigned over Israel.
14 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue – the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
This may seem a million miles from our experience, I’m not aware of any of us being an extremely wealthy monarch reigning over a country, but I think verse 13 speaks directly into everyday discipleship. Solomon deliberately begins with seeking God and then, after spending time with him, goes out to serve him in the role and situation God has given him to work in. Our specific contexts may be dramatically different, but isn’t this a good example for us to follow, just as it was for his people? Meet, then go and serve. This might not generate wealth, as it did for Solomon, but it is a key step in being fruitful for God.
Father, may the end of this time with you not be an end, but a start, the start of a day of service for you.
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