Joel M Bradshaw

9“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 10Be careful now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it.”–1 Chronicles 28

1. David was giving his final kingly words to his son before his death.
2. David highlights the importance of an undivided or a whole heart.
3. David then proclaimed that God searches and understands even the heart.
4. David reminded Solomon to seek God and not to forsake him.
5. David also urged Solomon to be careful and to do what he had been chosen to do.
6. Solomon, of course, would start faithfully, but would be swayed by the gods of his 1000 wives and concubines (1 Kings 11:4).
7. How is your heart this morning? Are you a careful seeker of the things of God. Is that heart divided?–JMB