The Thinker 1 Chronicles 29:15-16 For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow… I. THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE. II. THE GRANDEUR OF HUMAN OPPORTUNITY. 1. There is no sign of sadness in the scene before us. David's mind and heart are filled with the thought of God, and with the things of God. 2. This preparation for the building of the temple was an act of thanksgiving. 3. The splendour of the preparation is an evidence of David's zeal for the house of the Lord. Giving was regarded by David, not as a duty, but a privilege — a grand opportunity of turning the "mammon of unrighteousness" to eternal account. Thin zeal for the house of God is one of the marked features of the Psalter (Psalm 26., 27., 84., 92., etc.). III. LESSONS. 1. The remembrance of the shortness of life (Psalm 39:4), for the purpose of using time aright. 2. To take the measure of earthly things as we shall do when we look back over the day of life (Deuteronomy 32:29). 3. All that is done for the kingdom of God remains. Another generation may have to carry out what we only begin. (The Thinker.) Parallel Verses KJV: For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. |
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