I'm Back... and the end of 1 Chronicles

Thank you to the stud himself, Aaron Halvorsen, for motivating me to start blogging again. In my reading this morning God challenged me with an extremely tough lesson. 1 Chronicles ends with David finding out that the temple that he really wants to build will not be built in his life time. Solomon, his son, is given that honor by God instead. This led me to ask myself a question: How would I respond to this news? My guess would be that I would do it with a lot of bitterness, complaining, and possibly even resentment towards Solomon. David had gone to a lot of work to assemble a lot of the materials that would be used in the building of the temple, but was not going to get to see the finished product. What is David's response? Joyful adoration, praise, and worship of God. In the beginning of chapter 29 he gathers the people together and tells them that God has chosen Solomon to oversee the building of the temple. He then encourages the people to come along Solomon and help him since he is so young. He then publicly praises God for the privilege of worshiping Him. There is not even the slightest hint of bitterness in David from what I can tell from this passage. Am I that confident in the Lord's sovereign plan that I would respond the same way? Honestly, probably not. But praise God for sanctification! Remember, David is just a sinner saved through faith by the grace of God like all believers. He is not a "Super Christian". We can only achieve godly thoughts and actions through the power of God given to us by the Holy Spirit. Lord, make us more like you so that when we go through adversities we respond like David and worship you, instead of complaining that your perfect plan isn't good enough for us!