Knowing Him Daily

21.October.2025

Obedience matters. Disobedience, no matter how small it appears, carries weight, sometimes instantly, sometimes over time, but always with consequences.

Solomon’s story is both beautiful and sobering. He began his reign with humility, asking God not for riches or power, but for wisdom to lead well. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9). And God answered abundantly, giving him not only wisdom and honor but also blessing beyond measure. His name became known throughout the nations, and people traveled from far away to hear the wisdom God had placed in his mouth.

Somewhere along the way, his focus shifted. His heart, once fully devoted to God, began to wander. One small compromise at a time, then another. Strategic alliances that seemed wise in human eyes led to marriages with foreign wives who brought their idols with them. He built altars for them and allowed what once would have grieved him to become normal in his kingdom. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God (1 Kings 11:4).

The tragedy of Solomon’s story isn’t that he failed in one moment, but that he slowly drifted from the intimacy he once had with God. Distance from God rarely announces itself loudly. It slips in quietly, through distractions, through divided affections, through unguarded spaces of the heart and mind. Over time, the fire of devotion cools if it is not tended to.

What makes this story even more striking is that Solomon had everything a person could want. Yet without intimacy with God, wisdom alone could not keep him anchored. His life without intimacy with God led to division in the kingdom and heartbreak that rippled long after his reign ended.

Drifting away from intimacy with God is dangerous because it does not always feel dramatic. It often feels like nothing at all. But just as a boat untied from its anchor will eventually be carried by the current, and a heart that stops anchoring itself in God will inevitably be carried away.

As this consider Solomon, “Revelation Song” is a song that lifts our gaze to the One who alone is worthy of our full devotion, reminding us to anchor our hearts in His glory and not in the distractions that so easily pull us away.

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Solomon’s story shows us how easy it is to wander when we stop paying attention to our hearts and what we are thinking. As we move into the next post, we’ll see a different picture, twelve spies who saw the same land but responded in very different ways. Ten were overtaken by fear, but two, Joshua and Caleb, fixed their eyes on the God who had never failed them.

If you’ve never given your life to Jesus, or if you’ve walked away, trying to do life your own way it’s not too late. He’s calling you back. He’s been waiting. Return to Him today. Surrender your plans, your pain, and your past. He’s ready to restore, renew, and realign you with your divine purpose.

~ Dear Heavenly Father ~

Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the Cross just for me. I admit that I have sinned, and I repent. I ask You to forgive me. I believe that He died and rose again. Right now, I make Him the Lord of my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. My sins are washed away, my past is forgiven, and my future is bright. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ Name Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.