Good morning, it’s Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. Some places don’t look holy at first. They look like failure… or regret. But God sees differently. In 1 Chronicles 22, David stands on Mount Moriah—a place whose name means “the Lord will provide.” What happens next reminds us: God often builds on broken ground.
Today's Reading:
1 Chronicles 22,23,24; 1 Thessalonians 3
Scripture
“Then David said, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”” (1 Chronicles 22:1 NIV)
Observation
This verse marks a turning point. David had just watched God stop a plague and answer with fire from heaven. He bought a threshing floor, built an altar, and now declares: This is it. This is where the temple will go. This is where the plague met praise—where worship begins.
But this isn’t just any hilltop. It’s Mount Moriah—the same place where Abraham once raised a knife over Isaac, and God provided a ram instead. The same mountain where Solomon would one day build the temple. The same ridge where Jesus would carry a cross. It’s that Moriah.
From Abraham to David to Christ, this mountain tells one story: God provides. Not always the way we expect, but always exactly what we need.
Application
Some of the most painful places in my life have ended up being the most sacred. Not because they were easy, but because they became altars—places where I laid something down and God met me in it.
David’s story reminds me: don’t rush past the place where God showed up. Don’t overlook the ground where grace came through. God can turn a place of failure into a foundation for His presence. His mercy can turn the places I falter into an altar. And the altar isn’t just where sacrifices were made, but where provision was revealed.
It’s easy—almost instinctive—to skip over past mistakes and never look back. But God can turn those very places into monuments. Not of my failure, but of His faithfulness. His provision. Where has God provided in ways I didn’t see at first? Where has He met me—in failure, in surrender, in obedience? That’s the ground He calls holy.
When I trust Him with my broken places, He transforms them into holy ground.
The Lord provides.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You don’t just provide in the good moments—but also in the breaking, in the surrender, and in the aftermath. Help me see those places not as detours, but as altars. Mark my life with moments that say, “This is the place where God provided.” Amen.
—Chris Kiriakos