During my devotional time this morning I read this verse:

The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry,
so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site. (I Kings 6:7)

I don’t know why exactly, but I love this verse. The entire passage is about Solomon building the Temple for God and the Ark of the Covenant. It talks about the gold overlays, the cedar beams, the scale of the project–and in the middle of all that discussion the author takes the time to make the point that the building site was pretty quiet–no axes or hammers of any kind.

So what? What’s the big deal? I don’t know…but there’s something there (at least there is for me this morning). It’s unexpected…and it’s a small thing I would normally miss, but God is pointing it out to me this morning.

Maybe it’s about the noise in our (OK, my) lives? Seems like noise and motion and commotion is a constant in daily life now-a-days. Perhaps I just needs to slow down a little, create some peace and quiet, and let God fill His temple–me. It’s easy to say…harder to put into practice, but if Solomon could build an entire Temple (over an 11 year span) without a lot of noise–I should be able to stop and create some silence in my spirit so I can hear His Spirit.

Or maybe it’s just cool that Solomon could it this way? Or maybe I just ate something funky for dinner last night. You decide!