May 12

This is a famous passage about Solomon asking for wisdom. It deserves today’s blog, yet that is not where God spoke to me. Solomon came in and had 3 key conspirators killed. They didn’t die right away, but soon he got to them. Adonijah made a request to Bathsheba who made a request to Solomon who then had Adonijah killed. This is what spoke to me.

When I begin to rule in authority (administrate my life and expand the kingdom of God around me) the usual enemies are not other people. (For we do not struggle against flesh and blood). Our enemies are unseen except for one – me. I have this body of flesh (my carnal nature – bad habits, temper…), that I have to make subservient to Christ and during today’s reading I was reminded that I have to killed it (daily). Sometimes I don’t even realize it is still there until it makes a request (Adonijah) or it goes beyond its boundary (Shemei). When that happens, I must deal with it and kill it off. There are things in me which hold me back from all that God has for me and I can’t deal with everything at once, but when they rear their heads I have to deal with them viciously. After all, I reign and I have the power and authority to overcome, because that is who I am!