Bible Text: 1 Kings 10:1-29 | Preacher: Pastor Joe Ricchuiti | Series: 1 Kings, How to Endure Success

1.  Solomon got caught up in the trappings of power, wealth, and fame.  Little by little he was compromising the Word of God.  Spiritual decay was going on under the surface (unfelt and unseen).  His heart and his loyalties were divided.

2.  The danger of wealth, acclaim, pleasure, luxury and ease is that we get too comfortable in this world and we forget that this world is not our home.  We are citizens of heaven and are to conduct ourselves as such (Philippians 1:27; 3:17-20).  When these things are our focus, the things of God become by comparison less valuable to us.  When the things of God are valuable to us the wealth, acclaim, etc. become less important.