Solomon’s Folly

This year I have committed to reading through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and hopefully will finish very early. I just finished reading the life story of the great king Solomon and am fairly amazed. This was no ordinary king, he was gifted by God with more wisdom than any person had ever had before him as well as would come after him. He had a natural understanding of the world, the plants and animals. He was a master in architecture and if you have never read about his palace, go to first Kings, he lived it up. You know the kings who are ultra rich that we see in movies, Solomon lived beyond that. In his kingdom there was gold everywhere, the walls were lined with gold. Exotic animals were brought to Solomon and even Queen Sheba traveled from the east to meet this incredible man. So where did Solomon go wrong, the man who built the temple which would house the ark of the covenant. What brought a great king like him to serve other gods and turn his heart from loving the Lord as his father David did. Any Thoughts.

The Grind

I would ask if you have ever but I know that all of us have been at the place where we are juggling one to many balls and it seems like your being asked to jump up on a circus ball and keep balance. Yea well there went the extra ball as well as the other four or five you were trying to maintain. This is how I always used to feel up until recently when I seemed to have found a solid rock to stand on. Honestly I couldn’t tell you how I found it but I think it had to do with having a lot of people around who care and are PRAYING. I have been going through some tough times but have been covered with the grace of God. God is revealing things to me that he has been working on in my life, total reliance on him, and now showing me places that I still need to draw closer. Somehow the things that used to be so difficult are not quite as hard. My prayer is to draw closer to him each and every day and he has been answering that prayer. So I guess this means I need to be ready for someone to throw one more ball into the mix.
Thank God that He cares enough to push me to be more than I can be. I can be what God has called me to be.

Anyone else out there juggling?

True Worship

What does it really mean to desire God? That’s the question I asked the Alive (young adult) ministry group last night during our meeting. I asked it because that’s what I’ve been asking myself lately. Do I really know what I’m saying when I say I love God, want to seek Him, am worshiping Him?

My wife and I have both been realizing lately, certainly through a movement of God on our lives, that we often seek God because of His benefits, because of his gifts, and not because we find so much treasure and value in His person alone. I think people can often seek God because it’s just the “thing to do” or their family members tell them it’s good or other Christians give testimony to prosperity or protection or good health because of their relationship with Jesus. It’s great to be heirs of God. It’s wonderful to know that you’re blessed by a God who cares about every intimate detail of your life. But it’s also absolutely a different and deeper worship when the worship is simply because Jesus Christ is personally valuable.

“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.” – Psalm 63:3