I Chronicles 28:9-10
And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve Him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek Him you will find Him. ... So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a Temple as His Sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.
David is old now, and is ready to retire. He knows that God wants Solomon to be the next king over Israel, to pass down the right to sit on his throne through his line, which it did, all the way down to Joseph, the legal father of Jesus.
David wanted to build God a Temple, to not be in a tent any more, since Israel did not live in tents any more. But God wanted a man of peace, not war, to accomplish this task. Solomon was that man. This was a great work that God chose Solomon to accomplish, and David was encouraging him in it.
And God is also encouraging us as His people to do the work He has chosen us to do. Each of us has our own path to walk, and our own work to accomplish for our part in His Grand Plan of the Ages. To do that, we each need to "learn to know the God of (our) ancestors intimately," by applying ourselves to learning His written Word extensively. The more we immerse ourselves in His Word, believing every "jot and tittle" that our God of Truth has recorded there, the better we will know our Good, Good Father Who made us and loves us beyond anything we will ever be able to fathom.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
