Growing Wise

Growing Wise

Bible:ssc1 Kings 3:5-15

Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish

between right and wrong (V.9).

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Solomon was a young man. But he had the responsibility of ruling one of the most prosperous kingdoms in the ancient Near East. Israel was a significant power then, extending from the Euphrates River to the border of Egypt. Responsible for so much, Solomon knew he needed help. So when God asked the young king what He could do for him, Solomon did not ask to be healthy or wealthy. He asked to be wise (1 KINGS 3:9). “The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this” (V.10). God said to him, “Because you have asked for this . . . I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart” (VV.11-12) When Solomon asked God for a “discerning heart” (V.9), he was literally asking for “hearing” (which is what the original word meant). God gave Solomon a hearing heart that would listen firstly to God, so he could judge the people, and “distinguish between right and wrong”. Wise people hear God through the Bible. They read other books, of course, but they judge them all by the words of God. There is no greater wisdom. If you want wisdom, ask God for it. The apostle James said, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (JAMES 1:5).

GOD GIVES HIS WISDOM TO THOSE WHO ASK FOR IT

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