What Is My Ending

Something else about Solomon's life that touched me this morning. 1 Kings 11:1-13 tells us that Solomon slowly let his love of God fall away, until he worshiped just about any god. God had given him so much in his early life, yet he grew too comfortable.

What really scares me is the absence of Solomon's response to what God says to him in verses 11-13. “Then the Lord said to Solomon, 'Since you have done this and did not keep My covenant and My statutes, which I commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. However, I will not do it during your lifetime because of your father David; I will tear it out of your son's hand. Yet, I will not tear the entire kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem that I chose.'”

Solomon does not fall to his knees and repent. He doesn't even take the time to make excuses to God. He's silent. That is the major difference between he and his father David. God says that David was a man after his own heart (Acts 13:22). Solomon was a man after women's heart.

It started me thinking about a new song by the Christian group named Barlow Girl. It is titled “Beautiful Ending” and has become a recent prayer of mine. King David had a life full of stress and difficult situations. He had an ugly life, to be honest. Solomon's life was as beautiful as it could get here on earth, but his ending was not. David had a beautiful ending. He held on tightly to God till the end.

Read through the lyrics and think about Solomon's, David's, and your own life.

Beautiful Ending

by Barlow Girl

Oh, tragedy

Has taken so many

Love lost cause they all

Forgot who You were

And it scares me to think

That I would choose

My life over You

My selfish heart

Divides me from You

It tears us apart

So tell me

What is our ending?

Will it be beautiful

So beautiful?

Oh, why do I

Let myself let go

Of hands that painted the stars

And hold tears that fall?

And the pride of my heart

Makes me forget

It's not me but You

Who makes the heart beat

I'm lost without You

And dying from me

So tell me

What is our ending?

Will it be beautiful

So beautiful?

Will my life

Find me by Your side?

Your love is beautiful

So beautiful

At the end of it all

I wanna be in Your arms

At the end of it all

I wanna be in Your arms

At the end of it all

I wanna be in Your arms

At the end of it all

I wanna be in Your arms

So tell me

What is our ending?

Will it be beautiful

So beautiful?

Will my life

Find me by Your side?

Your love is beautiful

So beautiful

You have a choice as to what your ending will be. Will I remain vigilent and have a beautiful ending? Will you?