Bible Verse of The Day – 10-6-21

1 Kings 11:6 (NKJV) 6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.

I recently finished reading through the Bible again. When I finished, I pondered on where to start reading afterward. I felt like God prompted me to go back to 1 Kings and then read through 2 Kings, etc.

I needed to learn more and gain a better understanding about the various kings, and what they did that was right or wrong in God’s eyes.

As I’ve been doing that, I have seen this phrase repeated over and over again; “he did evil in the sight of the Lord”.

I saw this phrase relating to the various kings close to 30 times. And it was always for the same reason; they worshipped other gods (idols).

Many times, it was followed by this phrase; “they made Israel sin”.

These particular kings worshiped idols and led the Israelites to do the same.

All of this showed me that God values one thing more than anything else when it comes to our relationship with Him; our loyalty to Him.

Yes, God despises sin overall. So, we need to live and walk righteously before Him.

But the thing He desires most is a loyal heart; a heart after Him, that will honor Him and hold Him above all else.

This is something that shouldn’t be that hard for us to do.

Why? Because when Jesus left this earth, God sent us a Helper; the Holy Spirit, who leads us and guides us, convicting us before we commit a sin, showing us how to avoid that sin.

But sometimes our flesh is strong, and it takes more effort than it should to avoid those sins.

And the world has a way of waving shiny objects in front of us, enticing us to push God aside and run after “other gods”.

Let’s be careful not to let that happen. Let’s honor God in everything we do.

And let’s make a conscious effort not to be one of the people who has that awful phrase attached to their name after we have left this earth; “they did evil in the sight of the Lord”.

God has equipped us to make that possible. Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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