LAST WORDS
Today's reading: 1 Kings 1-4

"As the time of King David's death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon: I am going where everyone on earth must some day go. Take courage and be a man. Observe the requirements of the Lord your God and follow all his ways. Keep each of the laws, commands, regulations and stipulations written in the law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and where ever you go." 1 Kings 2:1-3 NLT

Of all the advice King David could have given his son on his deathbed...

-He could have advised on military initiative.

-He could have talked about ways to continue to amass wealth.

-He could have given his son advice about women.

-He could have passed on keys to maintaining international relations.

He spoke of commitment to God.

He told his son seeking God would be his only hope of success.

He told his boy, his successor, his protégé, to obey the Lord.

What more could we, thousands of years later, pass on to those we love and hope to see again, to a world in need of salvation, to our churches as a legacy of faith?