Anglican Devotional 16 October 2026 By The Daily Fountain of the Church Of Nigeria

TOPIC – Faithful Is He Who Promised.

READ: 1 Kings 8:22-30

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

THE MESSAGE:

At the dedication of the temple of Jerusalem, King Solomon prayed for the temple, unto the Lord. He reminded God that He keeps His covenant and has kept His promise to His servant, David. According to Solomon in our passage, “You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today. And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father” (verse 26). Another promise the Lord made to him was “My name will be there” (verse 29).
God makes promises and fulfils them.

Trust Him and His process, and He will always come through for you, because forever, His word is settled in heaven. Be encouraged by this: “God is not a man that he should lie; neither the son of man that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19). We always need to be thankful and grateful to God for the promises He has fulfilled in order to activate the fulfilment of the rest. And finally, we should wait patiently for God’s appointed time set for such promises.

PRAYER: Oh Lord, who keeps His word from generation to generation, visit me in Your mighty power and confirm Your word to me now and always. Amen.