ALL OR NOTHING

ALL OR NOTHING

In 1 kings 3:16, This is a very popular story about two women, one slept over her baby and it died and she switched it with the other woman’s living child. In the morning the other woman realised that she was with a dead child that was not her child, then the argument began on who was the real owner of the living baby .

 During King Solomon’s judgement, One of the women wanted all of the baby or nothing, but the other women didn’t mind dividing the baby. we need to understand that in the things of God if it is tampered with at all, the expected benefits will not be there. God said we should serve him with all strength and might but devil can make do with a small attention from us, getting us to work small for God and small for the devil. wisdom is very very principal in everything that we do. It was by God’s wisdom that Solomon judged the people. There is another wisdom that is not of God for example when the Phaorah that new not Joseph came he said “let us deal with this people wisely” and in his wisdom he dealt harshly with the Isrealites . Solomon specifically asked God for wisdom from God to handle matters. When matters could not be solved at the lower level it was brought to king Solomon. The innkeepers are constantly exposed to men and the two women here were innkeepers described as harlots or prostitutes. Their babies are however considered a gift from God because bible says “children are a heritage from the Lord”. These gifts came to the women out of God’s benevolence. There are gifts we have received from God that are not deserved but are still given by God out of his kindness. The two women were friends due to their shared interest, they had a union of evil, but were torn against each other due to the situation at hand. 

Our prayer is that any set of people that are friends for evil purpose against us whatever binds them together must break just like the case of these women. The only guarantee for abiding in peace is when God sanctions peace but anything short of that is war. The two women were deep and careless sleepers, considering that one slept on her baby and the other did not even wake when her baby was exchanged with the dead one. Sleep is a blessing, bible says “he giveth his beloved sleep” but sleep can also be a time of spiritual dullness or lack of watchfulness. Jonah 1:6 says “What meaneth thou o sleeper, awake and call on your God..”, meaning that when people were calling on God one was sleeping. 

Jesus took his disciples to pray and when he came back he saw them sleeping and he said”cant you watch and pray for an hour”. Mathew 13:25 talks about the parable of the weeds and while men slept the enemy sowed weeds among the wheat. Psalm 121 says God never sleeps or slumbers. Even at the night when we should sleep there should be a time of prayer because slothfulness casted into a deep sleep and idleness results in hunger. Proverbs 6:4-11 says a little sleep a little slumber so shall poverty come. 

Some sleep in form of prayerless living can result in problems. As the set time of our testimony draws nearer we need to be more watchful. We need to examine our lives for any form of slumber because our adversary the devil goes about in the night seeking for whom to devour. In the case of the women one of them slept and killed her blessing, things neglected can die.The other woman examined the dead baby and realised that it was not her original child. We need to constantly examine ourselves to know if what we have is the original blessings from God. The blessings of God make rich and add no sorrow. Eccl 7:19 says Wisdom strengthened the wise more than ten mighty men. Wisdom is better than the weapons of war. No matter the challenge in life the solution is hidden in the wisdom of God. The wisdom of solomon by asking for the baby to be divided revealed the intent of the heart of the women.

 One woman said give me all the baby or nothing but the other woman said divide the baby. All eyes were on the baby but Solomon’s eyes in his wisdom were on the women’s reaction. The woman was finally given her living baby and also returned the dead child.

PRAYER POINT: Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all my sins. Empower me with all your wisdom and that all our blessings in the hands of the enemy shall be returned to us in Jesus name

MINISTER: SAMUEL OGUTA