"Heritage"

 "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem." (Ecclesiastes 1:1 KJV) 

  ""Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations. You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel have made you glorious."" (Isaiah 55:3-5 NLT)

 To set the record straight, Solomon fell, big time! He got twisted up in all sorts of pagan worship, built several shrines for worship to take place, and fell into the life of over-indulgence. They say that he was the richest man that ever lived, having such excess of material things, people came from all over the world to see if it was true. 

 As I tried to say, at the start, this is not something that God did not know would happen! He knew all along that Solomon would get corrupted by all of his wealth and glory; but He also knew that he would come to his senses and turn back to Him. This might sound atrocious, but without falling into his sinful life of pleasure and over-indulgence, he would not have had the experience to share what is penned in this Book! 

 You must understand something that is very, very, important: When you are called and chosen by God, you are His, no matter how far you might fall, you will still be His! You might be smoldering when you stand in His presence, your life on earth totally wrecked, but you will end up in the House of God...

"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance - and inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see." (1 Peter 1:3-5 NLT)