1/26/2011 5:27:55
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My worship Time Focus: Solomon resisted God’s discipline PT-1
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Kings 11:14-25
Message
of the verses: This portion of Dr.
Wiersbe has two sub-points in it and I will look at the first sub-point this
morning which is entitled “Hadad the Edomite” and this covers verses
14-22: “14 Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. 15
For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the
army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom
16 (for Joab and all Israel stayed there
six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), 17 that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain
Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.
18 They arose from Midian and came to Paran;
and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of
Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land. 19 Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh,
so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen. 20 The sister of
Tahpenes bore his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and
Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David
slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad
said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country."
22 Then Pharaoh said to him, "But
what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own
country?" And he answered, "Nothing; nevertheless you must surely let
me go.’”
I have highlighted a portion in this
section of the Scripture for today that seems to me is the key to what this is
all about, and that is because Solomon did not obey the Word of the Lord that
he knew and even wrote about and prayed and even told others about that the Lord
raised up different adversaries against Solomon. This first adversary is and Edomite named
Hadad, and the Scripture portion for today gives all of the details that are
needed to know about Hadad, but the point is that it was the Lord who raised
him up to begin to be an adversary of Solomon to discipline him, to bring him
back into line, and I am not at all sure that this would eventually work, but
when reading Ecc. it does seem that Solomon did turn back to the Lord in his
old age.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: God’s
discipline is needed at times in everyone’s life including mine and as the
writer to Hebrews says it is not pleasant but the work of it does good things
in one’s life. Again I see something that shines forth in the life of Solomon that
is needed in my life and that is to finish strong, to not give up, but keep on
learning and growing and serving the Lord.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Remember the
need to finish strong.
2. Remember the
need for the Spiritual Armor.
3. Give myself to
the Lord for worship and service.
4. Continue to
learn contentment. 1/26/2011 5:45:48 AM
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