Pastor's Corner

for Sunday December 18th
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’(1 kings 9) Solomon had just finished building a temple to God. God in turn makes a covenant with him, if he remains obedient, God promises to be with him for the rest of his days. Solomon was very blessed by God; he was blessed with riches and wisdom beyond our imaginations. He was a faithful servant and steward of all God’s blessings, but he fell very short towards the end of his life. Like me, and so many other Christians we can look to God, be obedient and become truly blessed. This is our promise from Him, if we look to Him and become totally reliant upon Him, we will be blessed. On the flip side of this is if we stray from Him and become defiant some of the blessings we take for granted can slip away from us. This week’s Pastor’s corner is just a reminder to stay vigilant in our quest to know God better and show our love through obedience to Him. He wants to bless us, He has more in store for us than we can humanly imagine. 9 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. 11 So the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.( 1 Kings 11) Just as with Solomon we can have great blessings but if we turn from Him we can expect that those blessings may fade if not slip away. This message is not to scare anyone, just to encourage you to remain faithful in Him, so you can secure the blessings He has in store for us all. Thanks and God bless, Jake Thomas.