Solomon's first step down today's daily devotion from Pastor Greg Laurie.

Our scripture reading today is from Psalm chapter 119 verse 3.

They do not compromise with evil and they walk only in his paths.

If someone has fallen into gross sin, it began with compromise.

In every situation you can think of, that's how it began.

Very rarely do people fall away from God overnight.

It may look as though they did, but it doesn't happen that way.

Maybe you knew someone who was always at church and then suddenly they disappeared.

Later you found out they were involved in something they shouldn't be doing.

You thought, I don't get it, I just saw them in church.

However, compromise probably had been part of their life for a long time,

and they finally caved in.

Compromise was the first step down for Solomon.

While he was amassing a fortune, he began collecting wives too.

Though scripture warns against this, he just couldn't stop,

and one compromise led to another.

The devil may be wicked, but he's also cunning.

He doesn't tell us what he's up to in the beginning.

Instead, he starts with a little enticement.

That's exactly what happened to Solomon.

His downward spiral began with a simple rationalization,

and tragically he veered way off course.

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