1st Kings 11:11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Little by little Solomon disregarded one principle and instruction after the next, until he had lost sight of his need to seek God’s wisdom. And whereas in the case of Abraham, who looked to God for the most part, Solomon allowed pride and riches to distort his view of the world, and the temporal allurements became his undoing.
Thus, we can clearly see that the fine balance in our first passage, where the apostle John says “I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health, “Even” as thy soul prospers”, was not materialized in Solomon’s latter days, and wherever there’s such an imbalance in any of God’s people, they would be in danger of missing the ideal set forth in the text.
Solomon had much clothes and fine linen, but he became naked in his soul, he was rich as far as the material wealth goes, but he became spiritually poor, and because he lost sight of his dependence on God, he lost the ability to clearly discern right from wrong. In other words, he became spiritually blind, and the rest is history.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!