The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 22 September 2026 – Rejoicing, A Sure Reward!
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TOPIC – Rejoicing, A Sure Reward!
READ: 1 Kings 6:14-28
14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
THE MESSAGE:
Beautiful things put smiles on people’s faces and joy in their hearts. We read that the temple interior had walls that were partitioned with cedar from floor to ceiling so that no exterior stones could be seen. The inner sanctuary was covered with pure gold, all of which made the whole place extremely beautiful. Whenever worshipers gathered in the beautiful inner sanctuary to worship the LORD, they were stirred to rejoice (Psalm 16:11). David, who made many of the plans of the temple building (1 Chronicles 22), captures for us the beauty of the temple that should make someone rejoice: He says, “One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple” (Psalm 27:4).
Like David, your sure reward will be rejoicing, if you desire to behold the beauty of the LORD by being regular in Church service (Hebrew 10:25); spending quality time in meditating on the Bible and praying without ceasing (Joshua 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:17); being desirous to live a life of holiness (1 Peter 1:16); and determining to keep your body (temple) undefiled (beautiful) like Solomon’s beautiful temple (1 Corinthians 3:16).
PRAYER: Father, may I continue to desire to behold Your beauty daily. Amen.
