2. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.

3. 1 Kings 11
God to Solomon:
“The kingdom will not be ruled by your son.”
Solomon to Jeroboam:
“I’m promoting you.”
The prophet Ahijah to Jeroboam:
“You will be the next king of Israel.”
Solomon tries to kill Jeroboam….
Jeroboam flees to Egypt….
Solomon dies….
Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, became king.

4. 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 
2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:  4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
1 Kings 12:1-5
p , The Story

5. 6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.
7 They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”
8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
1 Kings 12:6-11, p. 194, The Story

6. 10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.  10 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’ ”
1 Kings 12:6-11
p. 194, The Story

7. 13 The king answered the people harshly
13 The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,  14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” 
1 Kings 12:13-15
p. 194, The Story

8. Israel
the Northern Kingdom (10 tribes)
first king: Jeroboam
Judah
the Southern Kingdom (2 tribes)
first king: Rehoboam

9. Kings of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Reign
Character
Jeroboam
22 years
Bad
2) Nadab
2 year
3) Baasha
24 years
4) Elah
2 years
5) Zimri
7 days
6) Omri
12 years
7) Ahab
8) Ahaziah
9) Jorem
10) Jehu
28 years
King
Reign
Character
11) Jehoaz
17 years
Bad
12) Jehoash
16 years
13) Jeroboam II
41 years
14) Zechariah
6 months
15) Shallum
1 month
16) Menahem
10 years
17) Pekahiah
2 years
18) Pekah
20 years
19) Hoshea
9 years
Kings of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Israel lasted 209 years (931 – 722 B.C.)
19 kings: 19 bad, 0 good

10. Kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom)
Reign
Character
1) Rehoboam
17 years
Bad
2) Abija
3 years
3) Asa
41 yrs
Good
4) Jehoshaphat
25 yrs
5) Jerhoram
8 years
6) Ahazia
1 year
7) Athalia
6 years
8) Joash
40 yrs.
9) Amaziah
29 yrs.
10) Uzziah
52 yrs.
King
Reign
Character
11) Jotham
16 years
Good
12) Ahaz
Bad
13) Hezekiah
29 yrs.
14) Manasseh
55 years
Bad/repented
15) Amon
2 years
16) Josiah
31 yrs.
17) Jehoahaz
3 mos.
18) Jehoikim
11 years
19) Jehoiachin
20 Zedekiah
Kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom)
Judah lasted 345 years (931 – 586 B.C.)
20 kings: 13 bad, 7 good

11. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.

12. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.
THE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR:
It takes humility to ask for help and to do what (wise) people say you should do.

13. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.
THE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR:
It takes humility to ask for help and to do what (wise) people say you should do.
Clarification #1: “Lean in” on the advice of wise people, but be discerning.

14. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.
THE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR:
It takes humility to ask for help and to do what (wise) people say you should do.
Clarification #1: “Lean in” on the advice of wise people, but be discerning.
Clarification #2: “Do the right thing because it’s the right thing.”

15. Find someone wiser than you and follow their good advice.
THE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR:
It takes humility to ask for help and to do what (wise) people say you should do.
Clarification #1: “Lean in” on the advice of wise people, but be discerning.
Clarification #2: “Do the right thing because it’s the right thing.”
Clarification #3: Don’t be overly self-reliant and don’t be proud, but remember that you often have wise advice for yourself – just do what you know is right.

16. Takeaways
Live with humility. It’s a choice.
Choose one or two wise people and decide TODAY that you will go to them when you need help and wise advice.