I Must Have Misplaced It (Bonus)

Over the past three weeks, we have studied Solomon and how he misplaced his desire, love and worship.  Solomon allowed things to slip away and as a result, he changed.  When we misplace our desires, love and worship, we become people we never would have dreamed we could be.

Luke 15:8-10 NASB

(8)  "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

(9)  "When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!'

(10)  "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

A pair of reading glasses, pocketbook, car keys, hat, letters, and important documents are all things we might misplace.  We seem to put them in places and their location slips our mind.

When we find those keys or the important documents or whatever it might be we are so relieved.

Desires, love and worship can also be misplaced.

When we find them, we can begin to regain the fellowship with God that has been lacking.

If you are not a Christian, I invite you to read the “How to be Saved” section above.

I Must Have Misplaced It (Lesson three)

This is the third lesson of a three part series that explores Biblical values.

Have you ever misplaced something? 

How did you feel when it was missing?

How did you feel when you got it back?

Solomon had misplaced some things.  In this series, we will take a look. 

1Ki 11:9-13 NASB

(9)  Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

(10)  and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded.

(11)  So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

(12)  "Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

(13)  "However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."

Solomon has misplaced his worship.  Over the course of this series Solomon has misplaced first his desire and secondly his love.  It is always a progression of events that lead us away from God.

We find ourselves allowing things and before we realize it, we have misplaced our worship.  We even tell ourselves that things are all right.  God gets angry when we misplace our worship.

God had given Solomon great opportunities.  How many opportunities has God given us?  You can be sure that misplaced worship brings judgment.

The Bible teaches us that there is pleasure in sin only for a season.  When we convince ourselves that things are all right, we fail to see the sin in our own situations.  This is what happened to Solomon and he lost the unity of the kingdom.

How many people did the things Solomon misplaced affect?  The Kingdom is split in to two Kingdoms.  The rulers seem to get worse as the years go by.  They move further away from God and as a result, God always the people to be carried away as captives into foreign lands.

God wants a relationship with us and he requires obedience.

I Must Have Misplaced It (Lesson two)

This is the second lesson of a three part series that explores Biblical values.

Have you ever misplaced something? 

How did you feel when it was missing?

How did you feel when you got it back?

Solomon had misplaced some things.  In this series, we will take a look. 

1Ki 11:4-8 NASB

(4)  For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

(5)  For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

(6)  Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done.

(7)  Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.

(8)  Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Solomon has misplaced his love.  Last week we studied that Solomon had misplaced his desire.  Now we see that in his old age his many wives who worshiped earthly gods had turned his heart.

Solomon loved his wives and wanted to please them.  He built places for all the gods of his foreign wives.

Solomon’s misplaced love has led him to idolatry.  God gave his commands to Moses and it is no wonder that He tells us that we are to Love God with our whole heart.  He also tells us that we are to teach these sayings to our children so they will not forget. 

Solomon has misplaced this Love.  God is not saying that we cannot love our wives.  However, there is an order for things and we must place God first.  When we do not things, get misplaced.

Come back next week and let’s see what else Solomon misplaced.

I Must Have Misplaced It (Lesson one)

This is the first lesson of a three part series that explores Biblical values.

Have you ever misplaced something? 

How did you feel when it was missing?

How did you feel when you got it back?

Solomon had misplaced some things.  In this series we will take a look. 

1Ki 11:1-3 NASB

(1)  Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

(2)  from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.

(3)  He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

Solomon has misplaced his desire.  Here we see that he started to marry many wives from foreign countries.  It is easy to see that Solomon was not satisfied with what he had. 

It seems as though he was always looking for the next thing.  Misplaced desire can lead us astray.  It can be something we see or maybe a conversation with someone who seems to be paying more attention than we are getting at home. 

Misplaced desire, which seems so innocent, can lead us in the wrong direction.

Come back next week and let’s see what else Solomon misplaced.