Preparation in Abundance

Behold, a son will be born to you. He will be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies around him, for Solomon will be his name, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel throughout his days. It is he who will build a house for My name; and he will be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you; and may you prosper and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He has spoken concerning you. Only, let Jehovah give you insight and understanding, and let Him give you charge over Israel that you may keep the law of Jehovah your God; Then you will prosper if you are certain to perform the statutes and ordinances with which Jehovah charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and take courage; do not be afraid or dismayed. Now then in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver and bronze and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; and timber and stone I have prepared; and you may add to these. And with you there are workmen in abundance, masons and workers in stone and wood and all manner of men who are skillful in every kind of work. To the gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no number. Arise and do it, and may Jehovah be with you. And David commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Indeed Jehovah your God is with you. And He has given you rest all around. For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before Jehovah and before His people. Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, in order to bring the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah and the holy vessels of God to the house that is to be built for the name of Jehovah. 1 Ch 22:9-19

David a man after God's own heart knew that God wanted to build His temple through his son Solomon. Therefore, he prepared all the materials needed for the building of the temple in abundance. He prepared his God-given son Solomon to be the builder of the temple. This is a type of the building of the church in the New Testament.

Today, the Lord has been raising up many young brothers and sisters for the building up of the temple. All the physical materials prepared in the Old Testament were types of the spiritual experiences of Christ one needs to possess and be constituted with to be the building material for the spiritual house of God, the church, the Body of Christ.

I myself am pursuing the truth in the word of God, looking away unto Jesus, to gain Him more in experiences and enjoyment, that I may be filled with Christ to be a useful material for the building up of the church. All my spiritual pursuits, be it the study of the word of the truth, prayer life, or any spiritual matter, they are all a part of the preparation of the material for God's building.

In my family too, all my children, our daily family pursuit of the truth and prayer life, are also the preparation of the material for God's building. As David prepared Solomon, I must also prepare my children as a faithful father to give them all the necessary education, learning, and training that they can be gained for the Lord to become material for the building of God's house.

In my shepherding works too, all the new ones that I have been praying for and shepherding them are the preparation of the materials. Today, in my fellowship with the serving ones of the College Campus Gospel Service, the underlying burden in shepherding all the young students is to prepare them as material for God's building.

The ministry of the age has provided the saints with all the truth and revelation needed for the preparation of the material for God's building. The Life-study of the Bible, the High Peak Truth series, the collected works of brother Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, the Holy Bible Recovery Version, and all the spiritual publications in abundance, plus all the practical church life practices, the many training, conferences, blending, and perfecting meeting. All are for the preparation of the building material in abundance. What a blessing to be a part of the material and participate in the actual building of the temple of God.

Now then in my affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver and bronze and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; and timber and stone I have prepared; and you may add to these. And with you there are workmen in abundance, masons and workers in stone and wood and all manner of men who are skillful in every kind of work. To the gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no number. Arise and do it, and may Jehovah be with you.

Now is the age of learning and preparation. I must learn and learn and be prepared to be a building material for God's building. 

Lord, prepare me and my fellow brothers and sisters for Your building work.