Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.

1 Chronicles 28:9-13 and 19-20

9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”
11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. 12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things. 13 He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service.
19 “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.”
20 David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.

Today's title is “Spiritual Succession SO Beautiful ”

Man is finite. At the time I am writing this, I have lost one of my close friends. He was passed away despite earnest prayers for the healing of many who know him. We all who prayed for him felt the daunting brevity of life deeply. Yes, we are all pilgrims on this world finite and limited in every way. Moses said, “Our days will quickly pass. We fly away”.. How true! Then how could we overcome such finitude of our life? Could we even overcome the finitude of human life? The answer is “Absolutely Yes!”. The fundamental answer of God for the question of human finitude is His invitation for us to join in His eternity. From the beginning, God didn’t create man as a finite creature. We were created to share in the divine nature of eternity with God. But sin messed it up. We lost the shared divine nature of eternity as we sinned against God and broke the covenant between God and man established in the garden of Eden. However, God is not done with us yet. He wants to restore the eternal tie with us. Fundamentally, God will send the Messiah to restore the lost touch with God and His eternity at the appointed time. Until then, the people of God used spiritual successions to make up for the finitude of man. Abraham’s finitude was covered by his descendants such as Isaac and Jacob. For the finitude of Moses, Joshua was chosen as his successor. Great and faithful as David was, he was finite and couldn’t fulfill all his missions. God appointed Solomon as His successor. We see beautiful spiritual succession between David and Solomon in today’s passage. David clearly told Solomon who God is and what He has done. He told Solomon how God has chosen him as his successor and what he should do to fulfill the mission. He also gives very plain warnings against spiritual negligence and disobedience. He goes onto passing down all that he has received from God to Solomon such as detailed plans and designs of the temple and the administration ideas such as division of priests and Levites. He finished the succession with strong encouragement and warnings. What a beautiful sight of spiritual succession! I believe this is a good model for all other spiritual successions to come including our own. Of course, we live in a fairly different spiritual time than David. Jesus had come at God’s appointed time. He restored the fundamental relationship with God and gave us eternal life. But there are still some spiritual successions to be done between us and our Solomons, don’t we? How faithfully and diligently are you doing it? Are your Solomons ready for what God has in store for them?