Elijah and Solomon
In 1 Kings this week two separate characters
keep coming to mind to ponder.
Elijah who was angry at the Children of
Israel for not keeping their covenants- again. For destroying the alters and
killing the prophets. That was the order he listed them in. Elijah who fled
into the wilderness and was fed by angels and when God asked Elijah, what are
you doing? Answered upfront and honest.
Lord I am mad for you. A righteous anger. Elijah was then taught about the Holy
Spirit and how to find it and guess what? He was still mad, but he still obeyed
and returned.
When we have truly righteous anger, not
petty anger, not selfish anger the Lord does not chastise us for that, but
neither does he excuse us from our duties.
Solomon has quite a duty to perform as
well, as King over the Israel he had to rule and in addition was in charge of
building the temple. It took Solomon 7 years to build the Temple and it was
beautiful. Yet he spent 13 years building his “house” that can only be
described as a mansion. While building this mansion did not stop his work on
the temple the elaborate mansion that took nearly twice as long to complete as
the temple and was larger than the temple makes you wonder what was going
through Soloman’s mind.
When we look back at our life we can
often see the roots of our decisions both good and bad crystalized as moments
of time. By listening to the Holy Ghost we can recognize those times and make
the better or best decisions and not regret later.
