Hands Lifted High

Today is 8/30 and the verse for this day is from 1 Kings 8:30, "Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us."  GNT

With hands lifted high, King Solomon praised and prayed to His God.  With great passion, he had built an earthly temple for the Lord; a place to come and honor Him.  When it was completed, the glory of the Lord filled the place....what else could Solomon and the Israelites do but praise and pray?!

This timely verse encourages me that, as a church, we are looking in the right direction.  The leaders of our church have built a place to honor and glorify God.  We yearn for it to be a place worthy of His presence.  We invite Him to dwell in our hearts and in our midst as we come together to worship.  We are engaged in a 21-day prayer campaign where we are searching our hearts, seeking His face, and praising Him for being our God.  We want His glory to fill our individual temple and our corporate temple and to make His presence known in our lives and in our circumstances.  As He continues to demonstrate His love and power in our lives and in our church, we can only have one response ...we will stand with our hands lifted high in praise to Him!