20240829

I will be king

1 Kings 1:1-10 (JDV)

1 Kings 1:1 Now King David was old and advanced in age. Although they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.
1 Kings 1:2 So his servants said to him: “Let us search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm.”
1 Kings 1:3 They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
1 Kings 1:4 The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king’s caregiver. She attended to him, but he was not intimate with her.
1 Kings 1:5 Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.
1 Kings 1:6 But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, “Why did you do that?” In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.
1 Kings 1:7 He conspired with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,
1 Kings 1:8 but the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David’s royal guard did not side with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, goats, cattle, and fattened cattle near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king,
1 Kings 1:10 but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the royal guard, or his brother Solomon.

I will be king

There is a teaching within Christianity that prescribes declaring what you want as if it is a given, and it will happen. Adonijah made his positive confession and even conspired to get support from others. But it was not God’s will, so it never happened. He tried to exalt himself, and God does not want us to do that. There may be success in your future as well, but instead of trying to manufacture it, learn to live one day at a time. Put your future in God’s hands. He can be trusted to manage it.