At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night;
and God said,”ask! What shall I give you?”
And Solomon said, “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my
father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with You. You have
continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on
his throne, as it is this day. Now O
LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I
am a little child, I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of your people
whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or
counted. Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your
people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of
Yours?”
The speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
thing, Then God said to him; “Because
you have asked this thing and have not asked long life for yourself nor have
asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have
asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold I have done
according to your words, see, I have given you a wise and understand heart, so
that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you
arise after you. And I have also given you
what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be
anyone like you among the kings all your days.
So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as
your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
Then Solomon awoke: and indeed it had been a dream. And he
came to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered
up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his
servants. I Kings 3:5-14 NKJV
The Bible states
in 2 Samuel 12-24 NIV, “ Bathsheba gave birth to a son
and King David and Bathsheba named him Solomon (peaceable). The Lord loved him;
and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name
him Jedidiah.” Jedidiah means –Loved by the LORD. Since David means “beloved,” father and son
were bound together by similar names.. God had told King David that this
son would be born and that he would build the temple of God and He kept His
promise.
I am sure that as a child growing up King David and the Prophet Nathan
gave Solomon wise and Godly counsel.
This teaching formed Solomon’s beliefs in God, his attitudes about
living Godly, and formed his personal
need for Godly knowledge.
Most king’s sons would grow up thinking (look
at me, my father is king, I know it all, my every wish is everyone’s
command.) But not Solomon. When
God asked him what he wanted from God, his answer was, “More than anything he
wanted an understanding heart, and wisdom to rule this great Nation.”
Before the death of
King David he named his son, Prince Solomon as the one that would succeed him
to the throne, even though Solomon was not David’s eldest son, Prince Adonijah
was the oldest son of David, but God knew that he would not be a wise or fair king
to the Nation of Israel. King David knew this also, so he chose Prince Solomon
to succeed him to the throne.
King
Solomon felt as a child before the LORD and before the Nation he was to rule.
He was meek and mild enough to know that there was no way without CONTINUAL, DAILY great and mighty Wisdom from God that he could not do this formidable
task every day of his life.
We may never have the
responsibility to lead a nation of people, but in everyday life there are many
opportunities that we need the Wisdom of God to make decisions; (i.e.), our Walk with God, our marriages, our
children, work, every decision we make
should be based on the perfect Wisdom of God for us. “But
if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and
without reproach, and it will be given to him.
But he must ask in faith without any doubting.” James 1:5,6a,NASB
God always wants each
of us to remember that we can do nothing to advance His Kingdom, without Him, and His
Wisdom; but with Him, we can do everything that He leads us to do.
Precious Readers with
God as our SOURCE, we are unstoppable, Love Gloria
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