Today’s Reading:
1 Kings 6
Proverbs 8
Isaiah 60
“You will find true success when you find me, for I have insight into wise plans that are designed just for you. I hold in my hands living-understanding, courage, and strength. I empower kings to reign and rulers to make laws that are just. I empower princes to rise and take dominion, and generous ones to govern the earth.”
Proverbs 8:14-16 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Structures must be in place for Kingdom finances, for the great wealth transfer. I do not want to pour out this great wealth, make this great transfer into structures that were designed to leak. I want you to build solid structures made of solid, reliable material that does not wither, does not decay, does not bend or deteriorate depending on the prevailing social, cultural or political winds.
Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon saying, “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”
1 Kings 6:11-13 NASB1995
Then I smelled the strong and undeniable scent of cedar. And the Lord continued,
I want you to build something that is as strong and revered as the cedars of Lebanon. I want you to build something that does not permit decay or degradation and which repels all that which may seek to devour it. The smell of cedar was so strong I began to weep. Then I heard the Lord say,
This is very close to My heart, and it is urgent. Set your structure in place. Build a home, a secure structure for the treasures and the wealth that I have planned to bring. This is a holy act unto the Lord your God. Wise stewards delight My heart. I long for all of My stewards to carry the fragrance of the cedars of Lebanon, to build spacious structures through which they can walk, structures that are secure, that will shelter them and their families from every storm.
So Solomon built the house and finished it. Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place. The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
1 Kings 6:14-20 NASB1995
Build according to what I have put in your heart. Build something that is secure and has no points of leakage, no place where devourers or external forces can slip in to destroy, weaken, or siphon off any of the treasures that I have given you. Watch the treasure that I pour into your lap. Get your house and your structure in order.
The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I shall make the place of My feet glorious. The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet; And they will call you the city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation. You will also suck the milk of nations And suck the breast of kings; Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.“
Isaiah 60:13-16 NASB1995
How to Respond
- Read this to learn more about the significance of cedar in the Bible: https://biblehub.com/topical/s/symbolism_of_cedar.htm
- Pray, Lord show me how to set up, secure and manage my finances wisely, so I can be a conduit and blessing to Your Kingdom causes. I want to have the structures in place and secured, so when You bring the blessing and the increase, there is no leakage and no external devouring force that can touch it.
- Declare, I will show my love to those who passionately love me. For they will search and search continually until they find me. Unending wealth and glory come to those who discover where I dwell. The riches of righteousness and a long, satisfying life will be given to them. What I impart has greater worth than gold and treasure, and the increase I bring benefits more than a windfall of income.
Proverbs 8:17-19 TPT - Decree, I will not delay to obey. I will seek the Lord to get my finances in order, so I can be rightly positioned to receive and to be a faithful conduit with no leakage and with no entry points that give room to devourers of any kind. I will steward the finances and the blessing the Lord brings into my life wisely and faithfully.
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