… Solomon
Solomon went astray because he
didn't have to go through the hardships his father had to go through,
which had made him appreciate the kingdom, for he hadn't just receive
it by birth, he couldn't take it for granted, because he had to suffer
persecution even from loved ones before he could inherit it.
The flesh profiteth nothing; it
is the Spirit that quickeneth. Who will deliver me from the body of
this death? He that soweth to the flesh will reap also the corruption
of the flesh. I know that in me - that is in my flesh - dwelleth no
good thing. For what I now live in the flesh, I live in the faith in
Him Who hath loved me & given Himself for me...'
All these verses - and there
are lots more -reveal the shadow of the flesh, the futility & the
nothingness of it all, as Solomon said (- and he was one of the most
blessed in the material realm of all My children -) 'all is vanity.'
And see where the blessings in the material realm led him: to spiritual
ruin. So, it is truly more blessed to live a sacrificial life of
hardships & sufferings than a life of ease & surplus. When
things are rough & tough, that's when I'm blessing you the most.
There is more to be understood
& more to be achieved in the field of, as Solomon put it, "getting
understanding" (Prov.3:13; 4:5,7).
(Solomon:) Yes, I sometimes got
tired of women's antics, & so I just let them have their way to
"have my peace..." I was generous, & if it was in my power to
"spoil" them, I would...
I had been raised in the Lord's
light, & though I had seen some manifestations of the darkness, I
hadn't experienced it myself. So, when I came to the point where I
thought I had explored every possible angle of the light & the
Lord's truth & wisdom, instead of opening my heart & eyes of
faith to receive more of what the Lord had to reveal, I let the Enemy
dupe me into believing that the only further knowledge I could gain was
from the dark religions my women from foreign lands brought me. They
bewitched me, for I was not on guard.
You are being quite on guard in
this aspect, but in many cases you're trying to deal with spiritual
problems when you think you're on to something, before you have really
pinned it down for sure, you shoot too early & thus often miss the
mark, only leaving the "victim" wounded & causing more lament &
crying & disaster than you had before. If you're going to be a
spirit hunter, you're going to have to lay still & wait until your
prey clearly exposes itself. And then, when the Lord says "now!" you
pull the trigger.
But if you go around,
immaturely shooting in every direction you're suspecting a bad spirit,
you're wearing those out you're intending to help & deliver, &
they're becoming your victims, too, instead of just the Enemy's, which
would have been bad enough already.
In order to gain greater
understanding of women: talk less, listen more; move real easy,
quietly, smoothly, softly & slowly. Don't stomp through the
thicket, giving yourself away as a novice hunter, or those demons are
just going to play with you & tease you! They go, "over here!"
& you shoot... & often cause more damage than good. So, you
want to acquire understanding? Here's the first requirement: silence!
Just keeping quiet, listening,
not giving any good advice for a change, much less lecturing, &
you'll be amazed at what you'll learn. Of course, if you can't keep
quiet & listen long enough, they can't help but think you're not
even interested enough in finding out about them & trying to
understand.
Just remember, in order to
understand, you must listen. And don't always answer right away
whatever comes to your mind. Let it sink in. Pray about what you've
just heard. Learn from it. Take the time to deal with every point &
every statement. Find out what it means. What's the hidden language
& what's the Lord's insight on it? THAT's the way to learn &
gain greater understanding!
(Jesus:) Everything that
happens, happens as an "ensample" to those who will come after you, and
someday somebody is going to profit from what you're experiencing right
now! Nothing is lost, really, nothing of all I allow is ever in vain,
so actually, Solomon was wrong about that. It may be vain to collect or
strive for worldly possessions and riches or knowledge, but it's not to
be understood as "So what's the use of it all, anyway?" There is a use
in it all, even in the sample of where that kind of thinking led
Solomon, namely to stoop to the dark side in search for ever more
knowledge, experience and wisdom, and in the end, what he believed
turned out to be true for him: it was all in vain!
The best & safest thing to
do is to just stick to what I told you, that you've got to be a child
if you want true wisdom & just "do it cause Daddy said so," &
trust that I have a perfect plan & purpose in everything. There's
no use worrying about Me making mistakes or, "perhaps God was wrong on
that one..."
"There is a greater here than
Solomon" applies to all those who embrace My simple, childlike wisdom,
the wisdom of love and obedience, which is higher than knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth up but love edifieth (1Corinthinas 8:1). A greater
one than Solomon said this, because he (Paul) had seen that his own
knowledge had all been false & had to be tossed all over, in order
to be born again & become like a child once again. "Forget what you
know" was the name of the game. And especially forget about the evil
lies of the Devil!
You sometimes tend to limit Me
and My riches in your mind & think there isn't much left to learn,
to find out, that you don't already know. But that is a big deception
indeed! You sometimes even sympathized with Solomon, and were able to
relate to why he would stoop into the dark wisdoms, when he had
exhausted all the available knowledge obtainable from good books
already.
It's a difficult test, because
knowledge can definitely be one of the Enemy's greatest temptations,
and it takes a lot of self-discipline to stay on the straight &
narrow of the simplicity of My Gospel. You can see My wisdom in keeping
some of the distractions from you that Solomon finally succumbed to.
It's just a fact that My voice
is much better heard and perceived in the silence than surrounded by
others, especially those who still soak up whatever pleasures and
enticements the world has to offer.