by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 15, 2025 | 1 Kings, Blog
1 Kings 1:6“(And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, ‘Why have you done so?’ He was also very good-looking. His mother had borne him after Absalom.)” Every one of us is a work in progress, and as such, we all constantly need the shaping hand of God...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 15, 2025 | 1 Kings, Blog
1 Kings 1:5“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, ‘I will be king’; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.” I have never really understood why men so earnestly desire to have authority and power. Even...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 7, 2025 | 1 Kings, Blog
1 Kings 1:4“The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her.” People have focused a lot on the need for desire, but I am beginning to understand that while desire is good and needful, desire is not enough. We...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 6, 2025 | 1 Kings, Blog
1 Kings 1:2“Therefore his servants said to him, ‘Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and let her care for him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm.’” In the previous devotion,...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 4, 2025 | 1 Kings, Blog
1 Kings 1:1“Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm.” Age. One of the things we fear the most. As age sets in, some things will naturally begin to give way, and this terrifies most people. People desire and...
