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UPHOLD YOUR NAME

Text: Proverbs 22:1 

A [good] name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Having established that your name is your identity in Christ Jesus, today we shall be considering the need for you to uphold your name.

Having gotten a good name, you have the responsibility to uphold same. Today, we shall be learning a great lesson from a man who had a good name but did not uphold same till the very end. 

King Solomon, the son of David had a very good reputation before the Lord and the Israelites. 2 Samuel 12:24 says the Lord loved Solomon.
"..she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him." 

Just as Solomon's name  is, so was the beginning of his reign. Solomon means Peace. Hence, the Lord gave him Peace all around. The scripture says "...he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him."(1 Kings 4:24).

God also loved King Solomon, and the Lord gave him wisdom than all the wise kings in his days. The scriptures says " ...Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt."

God was so pleased with Solomon that he had so much Peace, Prosperity, and Wisdom during his reign than his  father's reign. 

Solomon had good name going for him until he started marrying strange women. The moment he started marrying strange women, he started loosing his good name before the Lord. (1King 11:1).

At the end of Solomon's life, he had lost his good name before the Lord. King Solomon could neither keep nor pass the good name he had at the very beginning of his life to his next generation. 

1 Kings 11:6  summarized the end of Solomon's life thus: 
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

 *If you've got a good name, you've got to uphold it by obeying His instructions!* 

*Bible reading:*

Hebrews 11:23- 29.

 *PRAYER FOCUS*

Father, help me and give me the grace to uphold a good name in Jesus name.

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