Solomon's Sad State

The splendor of King Solomon was great. The wisdom he carried was out of this world (literally, given from heaven!) The son of David, fulfilling the dreams of his father. But the man had some issues. He loved the foreign women. And the foreign women loved other gods. And so God commanded Solomon not to intermarry because he knew his wives would lead him to worship other gods.

But.

1 Kings 11:2b "Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love."

And surely, as Solomon grew old, his wives led him astray, and he did not follow the Lord completely as his father did.

Solomon's destiny was thwarted.

This is not the only place in scripture that teaches the lesson, that which you hold fast to in love is what you will obey. You cannot have two masters, you will love one and hate the other. If you hold fast to the Lord, the fruit will be obedience. If you hold fast in love of anything else, your destiny will be thwarted.

Let's pray to the Lord that He will give us eyes to see Him alone (because the things of this world often look appealing.) And that the worldly things that our hearts still hold fast to in love would be released and abandoned, considered absolute garbage as Paul says, for the sake of knowing Christ Jesus, our Lord.

And let's pray to the Lord that He would stir in our hearts a love that is focused and affectionate towards Him. That we would hold fast to Him, and that our destinies would not be thwarted. That God's purposes would be fulfilled. And that we would truly see His Kingdom come "on earth as it is in heaven!"