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// Read: II Kings 11:1-6 //
1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
MEDITATION:
The things that killed the glory of Solomon were inherent in him and we need to be careful from such in order to be free.
1. When “Must not” of God is taken for granted (verse 2)
2. When someone else has the key to your heart (verse 3)
3. The heart of Solomon got turned away from God and God turned to another man.
4. Who is presently having the key to your heart: God or what God gives?
PRAYER: Pray to overcome these in your life.