1 Chronicles 28:20 (NCV) David also said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and brave, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or leave you until all the work for the Temple of the Lord is finished.I have no idea if this is really my life verse but it's the verse which is consistently reminded to me. Day and night I ponder on this verse and I can feel fear and excitement as I read it.
As David is instructing Solomon, God is telling me to be strong and brave. It's the same as saying "Do not fear" as mentioned in the bible 365 times but this time it's more of an encouragement and a command to just be STRONG and BRAVE. I honestly have no idea why God is telling me that but He's molding me to be strong and brave that I can definitely see. I'm very weak and fragile, easily discouraged so I guess this verse fits me well.
"...do the work" this part made me laugh. What work? What do I have to do? I seriously have no idea but I know it meant that I have to do something for God even if it includes simply ushering people to know and experience Him fully. If I have to be a missionary, may His will be done. If I have to be a preacher, may His will be done. It's not my will that'll reign, it's His will.
I love how it emphasized that God is with me. If God is with me, who can be against me? (Romans 8:31). I feel like this is the most encouraging part. An assurance in it's own way, saying that God will be with me at all the days of my life and that I need not to bother at trivial things because even if I stumble, He will not let me fall because He will hold be by the hand (Psalm 37:24).
I don't know what the work for the temple is. This part is scary because of the phrase "...until it is finished". Does this mean I'll witness the second coming of Jesus Christ? That'll be beautiful but also scary because of all the trouble that will surround it but God has already told me to be STRONG and BRAVE and just DO THE WORK. I don't need to focus on trivial things, just on Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.
