Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. 1 Kings 2:46 – The 40 year-long reign of David has ended and now Solomon his son takes the throne. Yet before his death, David gave Solomon some directions on how to firmly establish his kingdom. Solomon needed to take care of the individuals in the kingdom that were troublesome to the throne for David so they wouldn’t cause trouble for him when he took the throne. As we can see from our verse above, the way Solomon “handled” such troublers was quickly and ruthlessly. While we may have our opinions on how Solomon chose to handle these people, the end result was his kingdom being established and all the individuals that brought trouble were no longer around to bring trouble anymore. Something that we must be willing to do as we find ourselves establishing into new seasons of life is “handling” the troublers from the previous season of life. Now this is not me telling you to go kill people, please don’t do that! This is me pushing you to address the sins in your life that brought trouble to you in the last season and make sure they aren’t allowed to follow you into the new season. Don’t believe that simply because there is a change in your life that all the past struggles with sin you had won’t follow you into the future. If you struggled with lust before marriage, you’ll struggle with if after marriage. If you struggled with greed in the low-paying job, you’ll still struggle with it in the high-paying job. Choose to handle these troubling sins by coming to the Lord for help so these sins won’t follow you into the next season causing havoc. God’s heart to is establish you into the calling He has for you, lean on His help to handle your sin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3045
Question To Ponder: How might Solomon’s reign been impacted if he didn’t handle these troublers?
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