Psalm 132:3-5
[David vowed:] “I will not enter my house or go to my bed, I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
When David made Jerusalem the capital of Israel, it was a major political event. However, for him it was far more than a political moment. David saw the city as a spiritual centre for the nation. This would be the place where people would come to worship, so the first need was to bring the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. When this happened, David was so exuberantly joyful that he famously danced before the Lord with all his might. Relocating the ark was the first step towards the building of the temple. This didn’t happen during David’s lifetime, but he went to great lengths to ensure that all the resources were brought together so his son Solomon could oversee the building of the temple.
David was totally committed to the temple project because of his devotion to the Lord. Towards the end of his reign, David organised phenomenal quantities of metal and wood to be brought together for the temple construction. He himself contributed 102 tonnes of gold and 238 tonnes of silver. The value of this in today’s money would be well over a billion pounds!
We won’t be invited to build a temple, but we need to learn from David’s single-minded devotion to God. Serving God faithfully needs to be our priority and our all-consuming passion.
Question
What do you learn from David’s devotion to God?
Prayer
Lord God, help me to focus more of my energies on serving You day by day. Amen

Released on 17 Sep 2026