My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy. (2 Chronicles 8:11)Even though Solomon had been warned not to intermarry with the nations, he amassed 700 wives and 300 concubines. He brought his new Egyptian wife to Jerusalem, but knowing her presence in David's palace would be displeasing to God, he did not move her in there. He skated the issue by building her a brand new palace.
Solomon did what we often do; he compartmentalized his life. I'll keep my Israeli wives here in this palace, and I'll keep my foreign-born wives over here, and never the twain shall meet. God won't mind. We often think: This is my home life; this is my work life: this is my recreation life; and this is my spiritual life. He thought he could handle it, but he was lying to himself.
As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods (1 Kings11:4).
Are any parts of your life incongruent with other parts? What are you going to do about that this week?
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