Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Tues.’s Devo - The Wealth of Solomon

Read: 2 Chron. 8-9; 1 Kings 10; 14-29; 2 Chron. 1:14-17
I want to go back to the end of yesterday’s reading where Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee and Hiram was not pleased with them. He called them worthless. These were the very towns that Jesus would spend his whole ministry in. He didn’t think they were worthless. In today’s reading we read about some towns that Hiram had given Solomon. They didn’t sound too great either, but look at what Solomon did to them instead of labeling them worthless. He rebuilt them and planted his people in them. Some of them he had to conquer first. He rebuilt their walls and installed gates. He used them for supply centers and made them useful. Solomon didn’t waste anything.
Solomon kept account of everything that went on in his kingdom and was fair and honest. The wealth and splendor of Solomon’s kingdom has never been matched but we will see this even greater in Jesus’ kingdom. This is just a foretaste of what is ahead for those who love Jesus and put their trust in God.
Even the queen of Sheba came all the way from Ethiopia to see the greatness of Solomon’s kingdom. What impressed her the most was his wisdom. We are suppose to be like Solomon’s kingdom which the world just has to come and see. Only God can give wisdom; the world has knowledge. Wisdom is like gold and Solomon had plenty of that! The more he had, the more was given to him. That is a Biblical principal.
Lord, help us to shine your glory in a way that the world will know it comes from You.

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