NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

1 Kings 2:40 (NKJV)“So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.” The world is crazy about success, and today, even the Church of God has caught the bug for success and adjusted...
NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

RESPONDING TO BOUNDARIES

1 Kings 2:37 (NKJV)“For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.” Life is full of boundaries. Everyone has boundaries. We live and function within boundaries. Some...
NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

NEVER RELEASE THE HORN!

1 Kings 2:30 (NKJV)“So Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, ‘Thus says the king, Come out!’ And he said, ‘No, but I will die here.’ And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, ‘Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.’” In our last...
NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

UNLIMITED MERCY

1 Kings 2:29 (NKJV)”And King Solomon was told, ‘Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; there he is, by the altar.’ Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, ‘Go, strike him down.’” Many of the illustrations and formations in the Old Testament were a...
NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

1 Kings 2:27 (NKJV)“So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.” While we know that God is just and does not show preferential treatment, in a way, He does....