My Prayer for Wisdom
One of the stories I love most in the Bible is found in 1 Kings chapter 3, when Solomon asked for wisdom. I think it's so incredible!! Check out the story:
5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
6 Solomon answered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
7 "Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both riches and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life."
I blows me away that Solomon asked for wisdom! Lets be truthful, if God appeared to us in a dream and say I'll give you anything you ask, we would ask for anything but wisdom probably...a car, good kids, money...ect. ect. So, this story has always convicted me in that aspect. We can ask God for this same wisdom, in James 1:5 it says that, "5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." So that's what I did several years ago...I can't remember how long ago. I asked God for the gift of wisdom, and discernment in my life. I continue to ask for wisdom, and flip over to this chapter in 1 Kings often.
Did you know that Solomon wrote most of Proverbs? The book of wisdom! All that wisdom God gave him, and he wrote some of it down for us. So there is your reading assignment. :)
5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
6 Solomon answered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
7 "Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both riches and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life."
I blows me away that Solomon asked for wisdom! Lets be truthful, if God appeared to us in a dream and say I'll give you anything you ask, we would ask for anything but wisdom probably...a car, good kids, money...ect. ect. So, this story has always convicted me in that aspect. We can ask God for this same wisdom, in James 1:5 it says that, "5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." So that's what I did several years ago...I can't remember how long ago. I asked God for the gift of wisdom, and discernment in my life. I continue to ask for wisdom, and flip over to this chapter in 1 Kings often.
Did you know that Solomon wrote most of Proverbs? The book of wisdom! All that wisdom God gave him, and he wrote some of it down for us. So there is your reading assignment. :)
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