SOLOMON’S MID-LIFE
CRISES

         For some time now, I have been praying that the churches would include the warning to couples about what the world calls “mid-life crises.”

It’s just another un-expected attack by Satan to undermine especially our young men…the backbone of our family. I don’t hear the church preparing young people for this. As an old saying goes: To be fore-warned is to be fore-armed. Putting on our armor after the enemy is already upon us…is a painful struggle that could be avoided if aware of this potential danger and weapon of Satan.
         I couldn’t help but think of the fall of Solomon in his end days. The very things his mother warned him about (women), is the very thing that brought him down.

         I thought of his beautiful love letters in the Song of Solomon. No wonder they were so graphic. The very love God meant for His Bride, Solomon eventually attached to his lust for women in his end days.
         Everyone has a weakness. As wise as he was…as many warnings as he received; as much as he was taught; the fame and fortune God poured out on him…he still lost his “glory” at the end of his life.

GOD’S GLORY FILLED THE TEMPLE

         After Solomon dedicated the temple he built to the Lord, 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 says that the Glory of the Lord FILLED the temple. Praise God! What a joyous occasion. Many are still experiencing this today and others

Desiring it. Then the Lord made a

Covenant with Solomon.

         A covenant works two ways. So God told Solomon all the great things He would do for him if Solomon would walk after Him and observe His ways. But He also warned him what his life would be like if he did not.  This covenant can be read in 2 Chronicles 7:17-22). Chapter 8 tells of all the fame and riches God gave Solomon according to the first part of the covenant.
         I feel certain that Solomon had every intention of remaining true to God to the very end. But how sad; I Kings 11:1 says:

         “But king Solomon loved many strange women….”

           Verse 3 says, “And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.” So, I Kings 11:11 tells how God removed Solomon’s Earthly Crown of Glory although He extended mercy toward him.

         Yes, Solomon lost his “glory” at the end of his life. Did he have a Mid-Life Crises? I would say so. Yes, we probably all do about that time of our life…but it doesn’t have to be the same one Solomon had. We have been fore warned.
         Little crowns, little glories compared to God’s, yet important to us, and significant to God. Earthly crowns…earthly glory, not to be compared to what awaits us with Him.   
         Should a mid-life crises come upon us, this is the time to hold on to the strength we have (Jesus) so that we will not lose our crown of “glory”. The Lord says: “Behold (look) I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man (or woman) take thy crown.” (Revelations 3:11).

AND HE PROMISES

“When the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a “crown of glory” that fadeth not away.” (I Peter 5:4). And verse 10 says that the God of ALL

Grace hath called us unto His Eternal Glory by Christ Jesus.

         We are promised Heavenly Crowns, but oh I pray, that we will not lose our earthly crowns because we have not heeded the advice Solomon received. Even Solomon’s earthly father taught him in Proverbs 4:9, to embrace “wisdom” because she would give to his head a crown of glory. Through love, grace, and wisdom we can be prepared to avoid this trap called Mid-Life Crises. 

          PROTECT YOUR  CROWN