1 Chronicles 29:16 Meaning and Explanation
“O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.”
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Read Full Chapter →David acknowledges that all the wealth gathered to build God a house came from God's own hand and belongs entirely to Him.
What Does 1 Chronicles 29:16 Mean?
David returns to the offering heaped before them and refuses to claim it. This great store, prepared to build a house for God's holy name, came from His hand and remains His own.
The whole enterprise is encircled by grace: God supplies the means, receives the gift, and is honored in the house. The builders are only stewards passing His gifts back to Him. This is the freedom of true worship -- to know that we add nothing to God, yet He delights to let us share in His work.
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What does 1 Chronicles 29:16 mean?
David acknowledges that all the wealth gathered to build God a house came from God's own hand and belongs entirely to Him.