Re:Verse passage – Proverbs 15:15-17 (day seven)
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and turmoil with it. vs 16
We might look at this and be like, “Easy for you to say Solomon. You were the richest and wisest of all the kings of Israel. Did you actually ever live with little or was everything handed to you on a silver platter?” Yet, Solomon was not perfect. He actually ended up chasing after a life of worldly pleasures. He had hundreds of wives and concubines. He sacrificed and made altars to their pagan gods, all out of the allure of grandeur. 1 Kings 11:6 tells us, “Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as David his father had done.”
Today’s scripture puts all of this in perspective. Solomon looked back and saw that it was not worth it. We see him similarly in Ecclesiastes 1:14 say “I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.” Solomon chased after the world, but the world could not give him what he truly needed: an intimate relationship with the Lord.
