Most important was that people wanted to worship God again.
When the Christian looks with envy at the success of the world, and then seeks to emulate the world’s thinking, strategy, methods and more, is he or she following the example of Ahaz?
A grave danger we face spiritually is that after having received God’s blessing we do not become proud and forsake him.
In our practice of worship, do we put any obstacles in the way, intentionally or unintentionally, of people who are seeking God?
Do we have such friendships with others that will cause them to seriously consider our faith story?
Will Jesus find his people with faith – faithfulness – when he comes to answer their request?
We must be faithful in our stewardship of the few possessions God has given us during this life if we want God to trust us with eternal treasures.
Yet Solomon continued to pray that God would regard this place as special, and that whenever God’s people prayed in this place, God would hear and answer their prayers.