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Bored? …Why???

Written by FAVORED1 on February 1, 2010 – 4:10 pm -

Monday, February 1, 2010

Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art GOD.

[Psalm 90]

Bored? Why?

Good Afternoon Beloved!

Welcome to a brand new month!… February the month of L.O.V.E

…and Black History

. Well, speaking of love, last night, I saw a movie based on the life of Solomon. Solomon, is deemed the wealthiest and wisest of all earthly kings — past and present. It is ironic that this great king who reigned 40 years in Jerusalem, was defeated not by any great army, or pestilence or lack.. but by his wives (who were all princesses) .. 700 to be exact.. not to mention his 300 concubines (mistresses in modern terms). He imploded. He was destroyed from right inside his own house. The bible says that he “loved many strange women” (1 Kings 11:1-43) and that these women, “turned away his heart” from following God “fully”. These women came into their marriage to Solomon with their own idols and customs. Solomon built houses for them and allowed them to build altars and sacrifice to their gods… something God had strictly forbidden — they even built idols to Chemosh and Molech whose followers practiced all sorts of strange rituals, including child sacrifice. He went a step further and began offering sacrifices to these strange pagan deities to please his women. His kingdom was in an uproar. How could their king, whom God had blessed with so much, dare to insult the Holy One, by worshipping false gods. I noticed that these incidents were recorded as happening when Solomon was “old”. It made me think of the person who has been in church many, many years and does something so out of character that you fear for their sanity. The dangerous flip side of “familiarity”. It is good to draw close to God and seek His face. To desire to know Him and to bask in His Presence. What we want to avoid is, becoming so familiar with the things of God, that we twist His Word to make it fit our situation, take Him for granted, or worse, blaspheme His name and “turn away” from Him as Solomon did. The wise and humble King Solomon that we met in 1 Kings Chapter 3, is now unrecognizable. Now we are faced with a cynical, angry, hard-headed, murderous King Solomon. By the end of the 11th chapter Solomon is dead and his kingdom in shreds… by God’s own Hands. God told Solomon that because of his idolatry, He would split his kingdom. The only reason he was not killed, or that his son even got to keep one tribe out of the 12, was because of God’s love and respect for his daddy David. God promised David that he would always have a son on the throne. Solomon had an advantage most of us have yet to have… the opportunity to talk to God and to hear God speak back to him in an audible voice… twice! God gave him clear cut instructions… no guess-work involved. He told him what he needed to do to keep the peace God had placed over his kingdom. God warned him what would happen, if he chose to disobey, and everything God said came to pass. The mercy is that the choice was always Solomon’s. He could have turned back to God at any time. His story did not end well for him, but we can take so many lessons away from his life. The best lesson is to always keep our hearts turned toward God, no matter what stage and season we find ourselves in. To never get to the point where we think we’ve “arrived” and no one can tell us anything. To keep our hands “busy” and our minds “sharp”. One of Solomon’s problems seems to be that he was bored — even with 1,000 women! He had no wars to fight, no kingdoms to conquer, the land was enjoying a season of peace… bought with David’s relationship with God and his fierce army… and he was bored. God is our dwelling place… we live in Him and He lives in us… whoa!… (pause… breathe) .. He has so much for us that if we were to know it all, we would not be able to handle it… How can we possibly get “bored”? I am noticing that God is doing a new thing with His youth… I pulled this message from a young brother-in-Christ named Brandon. I’ve worked with Brandon on a couple of stage productions, and it is beautiful to watch him grow in his relationship with God~

WOW! … and that Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? .. U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day!

Regina