WISDOM VS OBEDIENCE

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Text : 1Kings 11:4 

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

God fulfilled His promise to Solomon by blessing him with exceptional wisdom and riches. 

God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore, 1Kings 4:29. He was wiser than any of the eastern leaders and wiser than anyone in Egypt.

Also, He was so rich that nobody's riches could be compared to his. However, despite his great wisdom, by the chapter eleven of first Kings, it was recorded that Solomon's heart was turned away from the Lord. 

What and who turned the heart of someone so wise like Solomon away from the Lord? Well, King Solomon married many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidonia, along with Hittite women, too.

All of them are from nations that the LORD had ordered the Israelis, “You are not to associate with them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections away to follow their gods.” Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love. 1 Kings 11:2.

 *Wisdom is good, but if you are not wise enough to obey God's instructions,  then your wisdom becomes foolishness.* 

Solomon was wise in everything but he didn't apply his wisdom to carefully obey God's laws. As a result of his disobedience, the kingdom was divided on his account,  God only retained one-twelveth for him, for the sake of David his father. 1 Kings 11:9-13.

Wisdom is profitable to direct. Let it direct you towards honoring the words of God. You can't outsmart God with your earthly wisdom, and neither can you please Him with it.  

 *True wisdom is Obedience to the words of God, anything outside this is outright foolishness.* 

 *Bible  Reading :*

 1 Kings 11:1-13.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father God, I receive wisdom to always obey your word.

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