May 25

Psalms 119:43-47 ESV
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules.  I will keep your law continually, forever and ever,  and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.  I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,  for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.

1Kings 9:8-9 ESV
And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’”

I Kings 8:1 - 9:9

Nine: I think God's promise is completely fair: if they obey God and follow His law, they will be blessed, but if they worship other gods, they will be destroyed. I should apply this to my life so none of this stuff happens to me and my descendants.

Twelve: God is giving Solomon a warning to obey him. If he disobeys his descendants won't be kinds of all Israel.

Forty-seven: I'm still chuckling over my youngest's concern over his descendants. I'm glad to know he is planning to have them. Hopefully at a young enough age for me to see them, but maybe not just yet. 

I Kings 2:1 - 3:28

Nine: It was wise of Solomon to do that trick. Ask for wisdom from the Lord.

Twelve: You shouldn't rise against your king. You shouldn't fight against your leaders and you should respect their decisions. 

Forty-seven: Solomon must have felt so overwhelmed by the number of his father's advisers who opposed his becoming king. It would have been easy to have wanted power or revenge, but instead he asks for wisdom so he can govern better, what a humble spirit.