Reading about Solomon's story taught me something big.
Disasters always start small. That disobedience you find little, God sees and cares about. The decisions you make in a hurry or because it seems right God sees and cares about you because it can affect you way more than you realise.
(enduring word commentary)
i. It is hard to know in what order Solomon’s compromise was expressed. Yet it is possible to say that this disobedience to this seemingly small command began the downfall of Solomon.
· First, in disobedience, he multiplied horses for the service of his kingdom and he obtains them from the Egyptians (1 Kings 4:26, 10:28-29).
· Then, because of these connections with Egypt, he married Pharaoh’s daughter (1 Kings 3:1).
· Then, because he started by marrying an Egyptian he married many other foreign women (1 Kings 11:1-4).
· Then, because of the presence of the foreign wives, he built temples for their gods for their use (1 Kings 11:7-8).
· Then, because of the presence of these temples, he began to worship these other gods himself (1 Kings 11:4-5).
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