{"id":2275,"date":"2019-03-14T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2019-03-10T20:48:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T03:48:49","slug":"1kings_10_14-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1kings_10_14-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Splendour > Solomon’s Splendour"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Kings 10:14-29\u00a0\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:14-29.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

1 Kings 10:23-25 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift–articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 14-28: Previously Solomon had prayed for a wise and discerning heart.\u00a0 God was so pleased with Solomon’s request that He decided to grant Solomon not only a wise and discerning heart but riches and honor as well, such that in terms of wisdom there would never be anyone like Solomon and in terms of riches Solomon would have no equal in his lifetime (1 Kings 3:12-13).<\/p>\n

Here in these verses we see the fulfillment of God’s promises.\u00a0\u00a0King Solomon becomes “greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.” (1 Kings\u00a010:23)\u00a0 In terms of wisdom, the surrounding nations regularly sought an audience with Solomon to hear what he had to say (v24). In terms of riches, Solomon had an abundance of gold and other wealth and resources.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately all this splendor and even Solomon’s wisdom would be short-lived.\u00a0 That is because Solomon’s heart would eventually turn away from the Lord.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Jesus never lived in a palace, sat on a throne (let alone a gold-plated ivory one) or rode in a chariot (let alone 1,400 hundred of them) during his lifetime on earth.\u00a0 The only gold Jesus saw in his lifetime was probably the gold that was presented to him at his birth.\u00a0 While Solomon rode on horses imported from Egypt, Jesus rode a donkey locally bred in Israel.\u00a0 Silver, which was considered of little value during Solomon’s reign, was the price the religious leaders paid for Jesus’ handing over.\u00a0 In all material respects Jesus’ splendour was nothing compared to Solomon’s. Yet which son of David now sits on the throne, reigning supreme, and has all authority in heaven and earth given to him?\u00a0 Not Solomon, but Jesus.<\/p>\n

It goes to show that you can live like Solomon — be hot for God for a short season, only to get distracted by the world’s pleasures.\u00a0 Or you can live like Jesus, seeking to be faithful to God’s\u00a0call on your life\u00a0till the very end.<\/p>\n

Choose Solomon’s way and you may get some earthly recognition and esteem, but neither your wisdom nor your splendor will last.\u00a0 Choose Jesus’ way and you may be a “nobody” in most people’s eyes, but your wisdom and riches will last forever and in the end will far exceed Solomon of this world.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that the kingdom, the riches and the wisdom You are calling me to chase are not temporary but eternal.\u00a0 No matter how much splendor\u00a0or wisdom You give me in this lifetime, may my heart always set on simply obeying You and trusting You.\u00a0 Let YOUR kingdom come and expand YOUR territory in my life.\u00a0 Thank You that far greater riches are waiting for me in heaven.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:14-29.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

1 Kings 10:23-25 (NIV)\u00a0
\n23\u00a0King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
\n24\u00a0The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
\n25\u00a0Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift–articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.<\/p>\n

On verses 14-28: Previously Solomon had prayed for a wise and discerning heart.\u00a0 God was so pleased with Solomon’s request that He decided to grant Solomon not only a wise and discerning heart but riches and honor as well, such that in terms of wisdom there would never be anyone like Solomon and in terms of riches Solomon would have no equal in his lifetime (1 Kings 3:12-13).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}