“So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold within and without.“
1 Kings 6:14 & 30
Stop…look down. What do you see (besides your feet)? Yes! It’s the floor. It’s amazing that floors are always laid out before us and we often take them for granted. We walk, glide, and stroll over them with little thought to how they provide for us. If you’re like me, you may only think about your floor when something gets spilled on it, it’s time to vacuum and mop, or it’s time to choose a new style for your home. Floors serve us by providing something strong, stable, and secure to live on. Today, as our remodeling progresses, I am feeling very grateful for new shiny flooring.
Floors can make a room look comfortable and cozy. They are also unique and come in many styles, colors and textures.
Choosing A Floor For Us
It took months for us to decide what type of floors we wanted and it’s exciting to see them coming to fruition one foot at a time. My hubby is doing a great job preparing and installing it. I’m impressed with his skill and thankful for his efforts.
Can you imagine what it was like to watch King Solomon build a house for the Lord? (Take a minute and read 1 Kings 6, to get those details.) The floor was overlaid with real gold! It must have been beautiful.
My floor isn’t elaborate or even overlaid with gold dust. While it gets covered with plain ol’ dirt and dust bunnies, there’s no gold involved. We chose a white distressed pattern which fits our style and it doesn’t show much dirt. Win! Win!
Keeping My Floor Clean
Over the years, I’ve realized that floors function just as well dirty as clean. However, I prefer them clean. Walking barefoot on a gritty floor feels kinda yucky. So, I try to keep it as clean as I can. My simple cleaning schedule is to spot clean as needed and to vacuum and dust mop at least once a week which keeps my bare feet happy.
Learning From My Floor
Another thing I’ve learned from observing my floor is that it doesn’t complain about being used, walked on, abused, or worn out. It keeps doing its job no matter how much it’s ignored, neglected, or mistreated.
Sometimes, as Christians, to be useful for God, we have to humble ourselves, lay down our lives, and commit to doing our jobs faithfully without complaining. Here are some Scripture examples:
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father:
and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:14
“Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
“Hereby perceive we the love of God,
because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
1John 3:16
In the process of laying our lives down, we may feel like a floor—overlooked, stepped on, dirty, and abused. There will be times when our hearts will need to be cleaned, renewed, or restored.
I’m thankful for my floor and even more thankful for what it has taught me. I’m looking forward to living life on it and skating into the future while doing what God wants me to do.
Bring It Home
What type of floors do you live on?
Praying for you as we grow together,
Smiles, BRC
We live on rented floors. 🤣
Much like our time here on earth.
Borrowed for a time.
We say things like, “in our forever home I’d like” or “when we get our forever home we will” discussing a home we may buy in our future when we no longer rent.
Looking forward to the streets of gold that await us in our eternal home that nothing here can compare to. ☺️
Thank you for sharing your heart.
It is fun to have dreams and look forward to reaching our goals and desires Aly.
It’s also great to enjoy the floors we live on, no matter what they look like or whether they are borrowed or owned.
(You do that well!😉👍)
We do have those golden streets to look forward to, when we get to see our Creature and the loved ones who have gone before us.
Thanks for your reply Aly.
Smiles, BRC
Thank you, Beth. You have given us a beautiful portrait. After reading, 1 Kings 6 a few thoughts came to me. First, the temple gave us a picture of heaven. The floors were pure gold like the streets of heaven. I cannot imagine the beautiful temple without thinking of our future home. I also can’t imagine what it must have been like for the people of Israel 🇮🇱 to worship the Lord in this magnificent structure. The most beautiful building in all the earth. And next as I read “And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”
1 Kings 6:11-13 KJV I think of today and How you pointed out that to be useful to the Lord, we must sometimes humble ourselves, and do our jobs without complaining.
Thank you for your great reply Nina. Those are wonderful thoughts. We have a lot to look forward to, when we think of how we will be in God’s presence on streets of gold. What hope that brings today.
I love how God in His sweet grace makes walking on these earthly floors easier even when burdens get heavy. Trying to be thankful and not complain seems like the least I could do.
Smiles, BRC