July 10

1kings 6:14
Solomon built the temple and completed it.

Solomon purposes it in his heart to build the temple and build the temple he did. The purpose came from his father David (don't miss tMhat fathers - there is so much there) and a calling from the Lord. God had called him to be a king AND to build his temple. So he built it and completed it. I said he completed it! There is something that many of us need to grab onto - kings are completers! We start so many things, we think about starting so many things but the measurement is completion. We want to finish the race right? It took Solomon 7 years to complete it, most of the things we lay on the shelf of incomplete would take much less effort and much less time to complete. There is another rub on our souls when we see our "shelves of incomplete" we start allowing ourselves to put more things up there. Then we define ourselves by it and it becomes who we are. People of God, we are completers! We will not be defined by the past of incomplete items! We will not be in the graveyard of dreams that never happened, we are purposeful people who complete our assignments - no matter what!