Jachin & Boaz

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name there of Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called the name thereof Boaz.  1Kings 7:21

Their significany is intimated in the name given them.  Jachin-He will establish; and Boaz-in Him is strength.  Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillar of the cloud and fire which led Israel through the wilderness:  I rather think them designed form memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door.

To depend upon God only; and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises.  When we come to wait upon God, and find our hearts wandering and unfixed, then by faith let us fetch in help from heaven.

Jachin - God will fix this roving mind.  It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace.  We find ourselves weak and unable for holy duties, but this is our encouragement.

Boaz - in Him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do.  I will go in the strength of the Lord God.  Spiritual strength and stability are to be had at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace in the use of the means of grace. (Matthew Henry)

Strange verse, but it really spoke to me after reading Matthew's take on it.  I love the fact that he used the phrase, "fetch in help from heaven".  The name Jachin is one that stood out; God will fix this roving mind.  Because that is what my mind has a tendency to do--rove.  Several times a day now when I'm made aware that my mind is wandering--I will say "God fix this roving mind".  It centers me.