Wholehearted Pt 1: Wholehearted for God
Phil walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 covering King David's plans for building the temple and that being wholehearted for God gives Him glory. From the text Phil identifies a charge - to serve God with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, a caution - that we can't hide our hearts from God, and a commission - to do what God has commissioned us to do for this season. Wholeheartedness to God with a willing mind gives direction to our faith and prompts action.
Life Group Questions
Wholehearted Excerpts from Chronicles Part 1.
Read: 1 Chronicles 28
- What do you notice?
- What stands out to you?
- What observations or questions does this passage raise?
Discuss:
Up until this point, the focus of the presence of God had been on the ark of God, which had been kept in the tabernacle that Moses had built, the house of the Lord at Bethel, briefly with the Philistines, a couple of people’s houses, and finally in a tent that David set up in Jerusalem.
- What benefit would having the ark/ the presence of God in a single consistent location have for His people?
- What are the downsides?
- How does this differ from your experience of the presence of God?
After getting the ‘green light’ from God for Solomon to build the temple, David calls together a really diverse group of people to announce the plans for the temple to be built.
- Why wouldn’t David (as king) just let Solomon go ahead and start?
- What are the benefits of getting this group of people on board?
- What are the risks of going public this way?
In the instructions in verse 8-10, variously for all the people and Solomon specifically.
- What actions and attitudes does David ask for?
- Why do both action and attitude matter?
- Are there actions and attitudes that you feel God is asking you to start, stop or refine?
Pray: that we would be able to listen well and respond well to the call of God on our hearts and our time and energy.