2 Chronicles 6:7

2 Chronicles 6:7 says, Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.  Solomon said that David had desired to build a house in the name of the LORD God of Israel.  David had been very successful as king, and he didn't think that it was right for him to live in a house and the Ark of the Covenant to be in a tent.  The people were no longer moving, so the Ark didn't have to be moving either, so David wanted to prepare for it a glorious permanent place to be kept where the people could come to worship God.  As Christians, the Holt Spirit is never going to leave us, so we are always in the presence of God, even as we move throughout life.  Verse eight adds, But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:  God told David that he did well to have it in his heart to build a place where He could be worshipped.  This would imply that God led David to this desire, otherwise God wouldn't have said David did well.  If we're doing something for God today, we need to ensure that we are being guided by the Holy Spirit to do so.  Verse nine continues, Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.  Solomon also said that even though God said David did well in desiring to build Him a house, that he wasn't going to be allowed to do so, but his son, who turned out to be Solomon, would build it.  We may have good ideas about what needs to be done for God, and He might approve of it, but still not allow us to do it, but it may be done by someone who comes after us.  Verse ten adds, The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.  Solomon said that God had fulfilled His word to David, and tha he, Solomon, had built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.  Solomon was giving the credit to God and even to his father, David, for the fact that the temple had been built, and whatever we do for God today, we should never seek glory for ourselves in doing it, but should always give the glory to God, and maybe even acknowledge that those who have gone before us are also to be given credit.  Verse eleven adds, And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.  Solomon then said he put the Ark of the Covenant in the temple.  This represented the covenant that God made with the people of Israel, and we as followers of Christ have the Holy Spirit, Who represents the covenant that God made with us when we accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, living inside of us.