MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Sunday April 19, 2020
Text: Making Wrong Choice in Marriage
Text: 1 Kings 11:1 – 8
Many
of us spend so much time in prayer asking for God’s blessings upon our lives
but I wonder if we actually ask God for wisdom in managing these blessings when
He gives them to us. Inability to manage God’s blessings can mar us.
The
story of Solomon, a man of wisdom marrying 700 wives is an instance of
depravity recorded in the Bible. The choice you make in life matters so much in
what you finally become. Solomon made wrong choice in marriage simply because
he felt he has fame and money therefore he can use them without discretion.
Biblical
marriage is source of happiness in life and the neglect or violation of biblical
marriage is a source of many of the most direful evils which most men are
exposed to. Solomon was wrong by going for more than one wife, going to marry
from other nations which God prohibited them from taking wives and adding 300
concubines.
This
is how many people have made wrong choices in marriage by going for the hand of
the women God didn’t keep for them. The strange women succeeded in introducing
Solomon to their gods. These turned his heart from the Almighty God. Wrong
choices in marriage can mar our relationship with God. Therefore, for those who
are single, they should be careful on the decisions they make. Don’t go against
God’s standard or else you will pay dearly for it.
Food for Thought: No man is wise enough by himself.
Memory verse: Deuteronomy 17:17
Prayer:
Lord, grant unto the singles the wisdom to make right choices concerning their
marriages in Jesus name.
