II Chronicles 3-5

“He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs” (3:5). The temple was constructed with the finest materials, costly dyes of “blue, purple and crimson” (3:14). Even the temple tools were crafted from “polished bronze” (4:16). The day of the temple’s opening was filled with so many sacrifices “that they could not be ... counted” (5:6). No expense was spared to honor the Lord.

“His love endures forever” (5:13). God doesn’t need our gold or our sacrifices, but extravagant worship is how we respond to the God of extravagant love. When we offer our whole lives in praise, he comes to dwell among us (Rom 12:1; II Chron 5:14).