August 14, 2010
Solomon finishes the temple. Then the LORD appeared to him and said, "I have heard your prayer and what you have asked me to do... BUT you must serve me as your father David did... you must obey all I have commanded... IF you do, I will make your kingdom strong... BUT you must follow me... you must not serve or worship other gods. IF you do, I will force Israel to leave the land I have given you... If you serve other gods I will leave this Temple, people will make fun of you and everyone will say, 'This happened because they left the LORD their God... they decided to follow other gods. They worshiped and served those gods, so the LORD brought his disaster on them.' " I Kings 9:3–9
We get to choose how we are going to live our lives. We can choose to follow and serve God, or we can choose to follow what we want and what we make to be our god—SELF. The choice is ours. We can choose blessings (life) or we can choose curses (death).
I'm amazed at how God created us with our own will. He wants us to choose him. God had already created angels. It wasn't God's desire to create puppets with no free will, so God created us in His image with a free will and choice. We get to choose.
I choose to obey. I choose to accept His free gift of salvation. I choose to follow His teachings. I choose God. I choose to believe. I choose faith. I choose life.
Next Entry: I Kings 10:1 – 11:43
Solomon finishes the temple. Then the LORD appeared to him and said, "I have heard your prayer and what you have asked me to do... BUT you must serve me as your father David did... you must obey all I have commanded... IF you do, I will make your kingdom strong... BUT you must follow me... you must not serve or worship other gods. IF you do, I will force Israel to leave the land I have given you... If you serve other gods I will leave this Temple, people will make fun of you and everyone will say, 'This happened because they left the LORD their God... they decided to follow other gods. They worshiped and served those gods, so the LORD brought his disaster on them.' " I Kings 9:3–9
We get to choose how we are going to live our lives. We can choose to follow and serve God, or we can choose to follow what we want and what we make to be our god—SELF. The choice is ours. We can choose blessings (life) or we can choose curses (death).
I'm amazed at how God created us with our own will. He wants us to choose him. God had already created angels. It wasn't God's desire to create puppets with no free will, so God created us in His image with a free will and choice. We get to choose.
I choose to obey. I choose to accept His free gift of salvation. I choose to follow His teachings. I choose God. I choose to believe. I choose faith. I choose life.
Next Entry: I Kings 10:1 – 11:43
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