SOLOMON

SOLOMON...heir to the throne of David. He was declared to be the wisest and most prosperous ruler ever. His reign was peaceful and uncontested. Surrounding nations fear him and the God who placed him there. But as time progressed, he lost track of God and attributed worth on things under the sun.

Everything he had he called worthless, and everything he knew he regarded as useless. Unhappiness struck this wise king...thus began a downfall of a great nation. The preacher rambles on in the book of Ecclesiastes about how meaningless life can become...at some point I agree with him, but only if we lose track of God.

If you scan through the book of Ecclesiastes, you will notice that there will be times when Solomon would acknowledge God and the BIG part He plays in our daily lives. I think those little nuggets of realizations is a direct result of David teaching his children about God. Proverbs and Psalms can tell you all about it...

So what happened? Solomon failed the prosperity test...but He did recover as stated at the end of Ecclesiastes but the effects of his bad decisions perpetuated even after his death...but that's another topic.

The lesson here is that being wise does not guarantee immunity from failing...as long as you are still here on earth, failing will be part of our lives...the question is: "How will you cope from failing?"

I'm not done with Solomon yet...you will her more bout him in the near future.