“And the LORD said unto David ...Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son…Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God…I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house…[Lord] give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart...to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
(1 Kgs. 8:18-19;1 Chr, 29:2-3;19)
There are times in all the saints' lives, that for one reason or another, we cannot do what we would like and intend to do; even though it will glorify God. It is a good and right thing we want to do for our God, but He has reserved it for someone else to do. What humility this man after God’s own heart had! He planned and provided for it, yet it is called Solomon’s Temple. He didn’t let someone else getting the credit keep him from putting his all into it! God knows what we would do if we could do it.
Motive goes a long way with God. The poor widow that gave all she had, would have given more had she had it, indicates our Lord. And the devoted one who poured her best perfume upon Him proved she would have done more if she could have. Jesus tells us, “She hath done what she could.” The Macedonian believers desired to do so much more than they were doing, but were unable, Paul tells us.
Mrs. Ina Ogden had great hopes as a young girl of being a missionary, but circumstances dashed these hopes against the rocks. Her father had fallen sick and instead she cared for him. She wrote a song that grew out of her desire, "That I should try to make things as cheerful as possible for my father." Her intent in writing the song, said she, was "to remind Christians the pulpit and mission field were not the only places one might make a difference for the Kingdom of God." Hence, the song, "Brighten the Corner," came into being.
"Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar,
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are."
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