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In briefly considering Saul and Solomon, what spiritual hazards should we avoid?
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A prideful spiritual. It leads us to fall to sin.
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Pride. Both Saul and Solomon were incredibly prideful in thinking they knew better than God in how they should live and what should happen in order to bring His plans to fruition.
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Greed.
Thinking that what we accomplished is by our own will and by the will of God.
Forgetting to prayer and give thanks to God -
I guess I see this type of question associated directly with the context of what these two kings took over when their ruling periods began. Saul was appointed by Samuel; therefore, Saul may have started with good intentions, but he also may have assumed that his so-called righteousness continued over from his anointing from Samuel. Saul was his own demise, he trusted in himself and that did nothing good for him. Rather he should have trusted in God, obviously, but he was not going to because of his ego. With Solomon, he followed his father’s footsteps, David, who was considered the greatest king of Israel and capturing Jerusalem too. Solomon may have considered that his righteousness was sort of built into him through his blood and relation tohis father, David. He became narcissistic and too full of himself to see the error in his ways. Lessons from my perspective that I am taking away as I have been writing this discussion: Don’t let your ego push you away from God, and do not trust in yourself as if you’re invincible, you are not.
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In considering Saul and Solomon the spiritual hazards we should avoid may be:
1. Trusting in our ability or popularity as being sufficient to accomplish God’s work will lead to failure.
2. If those beneath us are successful to not be jealous over them but praise God for them. It is God’s purpose that is to move forward, not our appearance before those we oversee/lead.
3. Thinking our own understanding is sufficient to achieve His will and way.
4. Trusting in wealth and wisdom to guide our thinking.
5 That our heritage and/or past success assures our future success in the things of God.
6. Do not rest on your success but continue to seek God’s will.