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.