Please read 1 Kings 3.
Meditate on verse 3.
Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in
the statutes of his father David,
except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Like most people, Solomon is a complicated fellow. This chapter sets him up as one of the wisest men who ever lived, yet it foreshadows the downfall of a man because of foolish choices.
The chapter begins with Solomon marrying an Egyptian princess for political purposes. Perhaps it was a good idea in the eyes of the world, but she and other non-Jewish women surrounding him will cause Solomon to sin against God (Nehemiah 13:26).
Solomon also had an “except” in his story. He loved the LORD, except he sacrificed on the high places (v. 3). God’s law gave specific instructions for where to offer sacrifices (Leviticus 17:3-5; Deuteronomy 12:2, 13-14). These high places were formerly used for idol worship by the Canaanites and odious to the LORD.
Do you have an “except” in your life? What are you doing that follows the world’s pattern rather than God’s and is offensive to Him?
Ask the LORD to help you write your story with no exceptions to following His will. Pray the words from 1 Kings 3:9 and 28 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, please give ________ and me, Your servants, an
understanding heart to judge and to discern between good and evil.
Let Your wisdom, God, be in us.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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