1 kings 10:1

"1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the LORD, she came to test Solomon with hard questions."

what struck me is that solomon was famous because everyone, even a queen of another country knew how intimate solomon was with God. This is a bizarre thing for an unrelational culture and a culture that separates relationship from christianity. it wasn't that solomon was known for acting like a religious man, hell, everyone was religious and everyone had gods that worship religiously. It was solomon's relationship with God that drew the queen to him to meet him. How solomon interacted and knew God made her come and meet him. The relationship, not his acts, defined a large part of his reputation.

In the end, i think we think of people outside of this manner. meaning we think of someone and think about their christian like actions, their christian like language, not really how close they are to jesus, not how much of them abides in christ. It wasn't about solomon, rather it was about his and God's relationship. Solomon did not really define his actions, rather a relationship with another defined solomon