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.
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