Five Promises to the King

Read 1 Kings 1, 2 Samuel 23:1-7, 1 Kings 2:1-10
 
1 Kings 1:15-17 So Bathsheba went into David’s bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.) 16 Bathsheba bowed down before the king. “What can I do for you?” he asked her. 17 She replied, “My lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.’”     
 
THERE was trouble in Israel as David’s life was coming to a close. David’s oldest son Adonijah was claiming the throne, even though David had specifically named Solomon as his successor:1 Chronicles 22:9-10 But this word of the Lord came to me: “But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10 He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.”
   God makes these five promises for Solomon: 1) He will reign on Israel’s thorne. 2) An eternal kingdom will come from Solomon’s lineage. 3) Solomon will have an intimate father-son relationship with God. 4) Solomon will build the LORD’s house. 5) Solomon’s reign will be one of peace. 
   To stop Adonijah’s threat against his Word, God stirred Nathan to act. He instructed Bathsheba to inform David. A good lesson for us here is to know that when we pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” we must first apply that prayer to our own lives. What is the LORD appointing us to do, so  that his Covenant of Salvation will become true for more people?
   Saved in Christ, we must act daily to accomplish God’s plans for our lives. As Solomon, each of has been anointed to the throne room of God in order to fulfill his will to be done on earth.
   Solomon is on the throne because God put him there. You are saved into Jesus’ glory because the Holy Spirit put you there.
 
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, 22 and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.