“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. (1 Kings 12:7-8)
The wise advice given to King Rehoboam by the elders was paradoxical: the king should become a servant so that the people would serve him. Jesus would later say, “Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.” (Matthew 20:26) Jesus is the King who served His people. True leaders serve those they lead.
The advice given by the elders was wise, but sadly, the recipient was not. Wisdom is not inherited. The son of the wisest man in the world—King Solomon—acted foolishly. Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice, accepted the wrong and foolish counsel of his peers, responded to the people with arrogance and threats, and ultimately caused rebellion and division in the kingdom.
What good is listening to wise advice if you are unwilling to act on it?
Topical meditation 2024
December 13
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