SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Solomon disappoints a friend
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Ki. 9:10-14; 2Chron. 8:1-2
Message of the verses: “10 ¶
It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the
two houses, the house of the LORD and the king’s house 11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with
cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities
which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him. 13 He said, "What are these cities which
you have given me, my brother?" So they were called the land of Cabul to
this day. 14 And Hiram sent to the king
120 talents of gold.”
“1
¶ Now it came about at the end of the
twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house
2 that he built the cities which Huram
had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.”
This
section shows some serious character flaws in Solomon, for one thing Solomon
was too extravert when it came to the building of his palace. For another thing Solomon seems to betray a
friend in Hiram who helped Solomon in the building of the temple and also in
the building of his palace. It seems
that Solomon had to borrow from Hiram in order to finish the building of his
palace and then he gave to Hiram twenty cities as collateral for the loan of
120 talents of gold. Solomon did not
have the right to give these cities away, for they belonged to the Lord and
therefore should not have been given to Hiram.
Solomon did pay the loan back, perhaps with the gold that the Queen of
Sheba gave to him. In the eyes of Hiram
the cities were good for nothing and he was not satisfied with them, but
eventually Solomon got them back and rebuilt them as seen in 2Chron. 8:1-2.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think that the thing that I can learn from
this is not to get in over my head, not to live above my means. I also have to remember that the things that
are in the book of Ephesians are true riches, things that may not seem like it
to the world but they are the real riches that I have. Dr. Wiersbe calls his commentary on Ephesians
“Be Rich,” and that book is filled with things that are much more important
than gold and silver and the thing about them is that they all belong to me
because I am in Christ.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the Lord to get me to the other sugar mill
this morning without trouble with IBS.
2.
Trust the Lord to work out the problems that Sandy
and I have, and to heal our relationship.
3.
I give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
4.
Continue to learn to be content no matter what the
circumstances that I face.
1/18/2011 6:42:19 AM
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