James 5:7  "Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains."

If you were to visit Jerusalem today, one place I am told (Howard would know) is a must see is Solomon's quarries – also known as Zedekiah's cave. It's a gigantic underground quarry beneath the old city of Jerusalem, an amazing archeological site which offers a glimpse of the handiwork of the builders of the first temple of King Solomon. Can you imagine, as the Temple was under construction, what the craftsmen and the builders must have been thinking about this glorious house they were building?
Carpenters from Lebanon gathering cedar timbers, laborers moving building materials from Joppa, stonemasons cutting and honing stones – I must have been an awesome feeling as they build the “house of God.” To actually be involved in building the temple – to use the heavenly plans given to King David. Each of them had a part and a glimpse of its glory as they worked, waiting, anticipating… the final manifestation of the glory of the completed Temple!
Each of us is also a builder, but our building is a Living Temple, and we are also living stones of this Temple of the living God. Every day – year to year we do life - we can catch a glimpse of the glory as we watch His image forming in ourselves and in those around us. However, we can hardly begin to imagine the full splendor of His completed work in us! I'm sure there were times when the workers of Solomon's Temple felt weary after a long hard day of work – but those memories had to be completely erased when they finally beheld the Temple in its glory! So with us today - if you're feeling weary and tired – just remember, you are building something magnificent, and the sacrifices of your labor today, will be returned a hundredfold by the generosity and joy of your Heavenly Father!