1 Kings 10 talked about how great Solomon was in wisdom and wealth. His reputation was so great that the Queen of Sheba came to visit him, his wealth so great that his palace had no equal among the other kings. Vs. 24 says "The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart." I can only imagine what an amazing guy he was. His reputation was also about how his wisdom came from the Lord.
But then chapter 11. What a stern warning we have for our lives in chapter 11. It says in vs 4 "As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God." It never says that Solomon forgot the Lord and renounced him, just that he split his attention to appease all his foreign wives.
It has me thinking if I do things that cause my attention to be split. Are there things where someone describing my life might say that it was not fully devoted to the Lord my God?
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