David Hathaway

What is in your heart? Are you longing to see the Glory of God? Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied. In 1 & 2 Chronicles the original desire to build the House of God was in the heart of King David. He had a passion and a desire. The Israelites had travelled with the Ark of the Covenant through the wilderness. As the Ark moved so they moved. The Ark went before them into battle. As the Ark went into the river Jordan the waters opened. The Ark was the Covenant that God was with His people. When Israel began to build their cities, King David said the Ark of the Covenant of God must not remain in a tent form. They must build a permanent place where God could dwell with his people.   God said he could not build the temple because of two things: One, King David had actually sinned against God, and secondly, he was a man of war. The task was given to his son Solomon. During the temple dedication Solomon says,  “Now it was in the heart of David,  my father, to build a house for the Na