SOAP 2 Chronicles 4: Details

Details

2 Chronicles 4

He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[b] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it.  Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

2 Chronicles 4:3-4

This chapter focuses on the completion of Solomon’s temple.  Reading through the chapter we find out about every specific detail that goes into the temple.  The building, the furnishes and everything in it are gloriously specific and the detail is just astonishing.  I don’t have a math brain or any background with building.   But I was curious, so I looked up what a cubit was. A cubit is an ancient unit of measure based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.  Today it’s generally believed to be 18 inches. 

That got me thinking about how God is precious and exact in His nature. He is a God of purpose and of plan.  At times it seems impossible to believe that there really is no randomness and that there is detail, plan and purpose in everything single thing He does.  It doesn’t mean that I am aware of all the details, but He is.

When I look around my yard and the things God created, I am blowing away.  Each tiny detail of a flower; the color, the petals and the way it was designed is so astonishing. Each flower has a precise environment in which it thrives and a way in which it contributes to its surroundings! When I sit and think about everything around me and how each detail … it is hard to comprehend how it is possible that it was all purposeful!  It is simply amazing!

 I am a very Type A personality. I like to feel in control, have a plan and a back up plan.  One thing I am constantly working on is surrendering hard things to God.  Oftentimes in life I find that the harder something is the more I try to figure out every little detail on my own.  I hold on harder rather than surrendering it to God.  I have learned in therapy that it is a coping mechanism I have learned to survive traumatic situations.  However, the deeper my faith grows and the closer I get to God, the more I am learning to let go of the details.  When I try to know all the details about a situation, and I don’t get them…I know that God has me. 

If he can handle the details of all the flowers in the universe, the measurements of temples, the way the planets align and work together, the design of the human body…I know he has my back, too!

Lord, I don’t need to sweat the details.  Often, I forget that, and I spend time worrying about things I don’t need to.  You have accounted for every detail and even more than I can even think of.  When things don’t make sense to me… I need only to remember that it makes perfect sense to you.  You know what is best for me and your way is best.  I am so in awe of all the amazing ways you have perfectly worked out details in my life before and I know you will continue to do the same going forward.  In your name I pray, Amen.