Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:4-5

Monday, August 31, 2015

And His Wives Turned Away His Heart....

We are all familiar with King Solomon. He sought after God's wisdom, wrote a few books in the Bible, and had MANY wives. Seven HUNDRED to be exact, PLUS 300 concubines!
But, clearly, as we look at the life of Solomon, this was not a wise decision. In I Kings 11, the first part of the chapter shows how these wives turned his heart away from God.
Solomon is known as a great leader and King, but sadly, he allowed his wives to influence him. Solomon's father, David, is known as a man after God's own heart, but this was not the case for Solomon.
As wives, we have a great responsibility. Our husbands need our support and need us to continually help them keep their focused on Christ! Let's make sure we don't turn our husbands hearts away from Christ, but let's continually find ways to knit his heart to Christ's!
How can we do this?
Pray continually for your husband!
Allow him to lead you and your family!
Encourage him continually as he leads!
Lift him up with praises instead of tearing him down with accusations!
In a way, we each hold our husbands hearts and can have a very powerful influence on his life! Let's make it our goal to be wives who turn our husbands hearts to God!

Saturday, August 29, 2015

A Queen Seeking Wisdom

In 1 Kings chapter 10, we read about the Queen of Sheba and how she was in awe of what God was doing for King Solomon and how she sought him out to learn of his wisdom and his God.
I couldn't help but see how this queen had to first humble herself and realize that even though she was a queen, she did not have all the answers.
My favorite part of this chapter is the end of verse 5, where it says "there was no more breath in her."
She had told Solomon all that was on her mind, and Solomon answered all of her questions, and shared his wisdom with her and then showed her all that God had done. She was speechless!
Yes, Solomon was just a man, but what a neat parallel if we consider ourselves as the Queen of Sheba coming to Christ and sharing all that is on our minds and Christ bestowing on us His great wisdom and then opening our eyes to all that He has done, is doing, and will do in our lives!
THIS, to me, was such a beautiful and clear picture of what our relationship to Christ ought to look like!
We need to share with Christ all that is on our minds and hearts, seek His wisdom, learn from Him (through His Word), and then see the wonderful ways He works in our lives!
Then you read down to verse 13 which says, "And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired...."
What does your relationship with Christ look like? When was the last time you poured out your heart and mind to Him? When was the last time you sought after His wisdom? Has Christ ever taken your breath away?