The Israelites were instructed to demolish the high places (social shrines dedicated to a god) as they entered the Promised Land. (Nu. 33:52; Deut. 12:2-3). Sometime later... "Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, EXCEPT he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places." (1 Kings 3:3, emphasis mine). Except. That 'except' eventually lead him astray (along with his love for women). 1 Kings 11, eight chapters later, "Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab." (vv6-7a).
Except versus fully.
Father help us to see, acknowledge and demolish the except in our life and not walk according to what we deem ok.
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