Forget the Religious Trappings! - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Kings 1:9-10,

"Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon."

Adonijah, David's son, attempted to seize the throne of his father, David, for himself. The Lord had determined that Solomon would succeed David, and David had made it known, nevertheless, Adonijah made his attempt.

What was Adonijah's first action in his attempt? To get religious! Where I am sure the normal course of events in Israel at that time was to commemorate the passing of the throne with all the trappings of worship and obeisance to the Lord - even the illicit and illegitimate are attempted with such.

And, nothing new under the sun. I'm certain we have all had the nauseating experience in our own day of witnessing the attempt to legitimize the illegitimate with religious trappings.

I no longer allow myself to be influenced by religious displays, religious trappings, religious "cover". I have long ago learned to look to the Lord himself to find what is on the "up and up".

Spare me the religious displays! All too often exploited by deceivers who have their own agenda, not the Lord's, just like Adonijah.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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