Ask for Wisdom

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

Yesterday you read about David, a shepherd boy, killing Goliath the Giant, with God's help! David went on to become King.

Before David died, he anointed his son, Solomon to be the next King. Solomon is known for all the Wisdom God gave him. Today we will learn more about him.

1 Kings 3:5-14
The Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
Solomon asnwered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 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, 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. 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. And if you walk in my ways and obey my statues and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life."

What if God told you to ask for anything...and He would give it to you?! Wisdom probably wouldn't be the first thing on our list to ask for. But Solomon, being wise as he was....asked God for a discerning heart and wisdom.

And what was God's answer?! He gave Solomon wayyy more than he asked for!! Because Solomon wasn't being greedy or selfish with his request, God blessed him with so much more!!....Wisdom, a long life, noone will ever be like Solomon, riches, and honor. Wow!! God is so good!

These verses talk about Solomon's Wisdom:

1 Kings 4:29-34
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than any other man....And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.
He spoke three thousand Proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.. Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.

Lets ask God for Wisdom this week :) If you want to read more about Wisdom...I encourage to read the first 4 Chapters of Proverbs!