Cautious With Your Steps ( Reposted) 4.11.13

Solomon was the riches king on the earth. He was blessed with thousands of horses, camels, sheep, silver, and gold just to mention a few. He took seven years to build the most incredible temple and thirteen years in building his magnificent palace. Where did this man detour from his roots of faith? Where did he go wrong? How could one step in the wrong direction lead him so far from his Jehovah God? (1 Kings 11:1-13)

The word says that Solomon loved many foreign women. So did this guy just have issues with women? God was clear that Israel was not to marry those from foreign nations, because the women's gods would turn their hearts away from their Jehovah God. (1 Kings 11:2)

Why did this king seek after women from other nations? Could it be that he married Pharaoh's daughter so that he wouldn't have to war with the king of Egypt? Would not that be a wise strategy in order to secure his nation Israel? What father is going to go after the destruction of his daughter's domain?

The problem with that reasoning is God never breaks His principals in order to take care of His children. I do believe that indeed was Solomon's strategy and when it worked with one nation, he married women also from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from the Hitties.

How did this wise man lose confidence in his protector? God had promised him that as long as he kept His commandments, blessing's and protection would be on him and his nation.

Just as God had predicted, Solomon's wives turned his heart to worshipping other gods. These 700 wives caused him to worship Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. What he did was evil in the Lord's sight; he refused to follow the Lord completely, as his father, David, had done.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Satan works at tempting us with one step, the first step in the wrong direction. Solomon married one woman from a foreign nation. When it seemly worked out to marry Pharaoh's daughter, what could be so wrong with marrying more from other nations?

Just one step in the wrong direction is what will lead you down the road of death. There is a way that seems right unto man but the end thereof is the way of death.

Be cautious with your steps in life, when you choose your own strategy that opposes the word of God, your about to step on a landmine that will forever change the trajectory that he has purpose for your future. How could one so blessed, so powerful, so successful turn away from his God?

Let the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14) Order my steps in thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Psalm 119:133) Let God's word and not your knowledge and wisdom be your guide and compass today.

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