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BEYOND TODAY!


Text. 1King 11:11

 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, For as much as this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

You need to be very mindful of what you are doing with your today, as today will definitely determine your tomorrow. You must therefore chose to daily live with the consciousness of tommorrow in mind.

One singular action of King Solomon led to the break up of Israel's kingdom. The Lord rent the Kingdom of Israel into two because of Solomon's disobedience. He took a wrong step which would later affect his children's  children and the whole nation of Israel. 

The very first step King Solomon took, having been established in his kingdom was to pick a wife from the very nation that enslaved his ancestors for centuries.

"And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David..." (1 King 11:1).

 You need to pay extra carefulness to the kind of association and relationship you are making, such may lead to a fatal destiny wreck.

You can imagine King Solomon marrying a princess from Egypt! While God had warned and instructed  Israelites against' intermarriage with certain nations, King Solomon went against this instruction and filled his palace with 700 women and 300 concubines from all these nations with the exception of one, his first wife.

See the way the scripture explained King Solomon's act in 1 Kings  11:1 - _"But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites"_ 

 Anyone that is in love with whatsoever God hates is doing so against his own soul and his generation yet unborn.

 As a child of God, you must see to it that you hate whatever your Father (God) hates, and love what He loves.

 Bible reading:

 1King 11:1-12.

 PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father, I receive the grace to align myself into your will for my life in everything I do in Jesus name.

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