2 Chronicles 6:12-21

 

SOLOMON’S PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Keywords 6:21

Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

1. A prayer of adoration and praise (12-17)

 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD and prayed on behalf of all God’s

people. He knelt on the platform and stretched his hands towards heaven. His

prayer began with praise and adoration as he declared that there is no one like

our God. Our God is faithful to his covenant of love and he keeps all his promises.

Solomon’s first petition was for God to fulfill his promise to continue the lineage of

David forever. Jesus, our Savior and King, is the answer to this prayer.

 

2. A prayer for grace (18-21)

 The temple was a special place. Although it could never contain an infinite

God, prayer towards the temple was prayer committed in the name of the

Lord. Solomon asked that God would hear the supplications of the king and all

God’s people when they prayed toward the temple and grant them forgiveness.

Forgiveness removes all the barriers between a loving God and his people. It is

our greatest need—a need that can only be met by his wonderful grace.

 

Prayer Father, thank you for hearing and forgiving.

One Word God hears the prayers of his people