118 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

118 1 Kings 003 – 005; 1 Corinthians 016

God will grant you one wish. What would you wish for? You have this one shot to ask God for anything--what would it be? Solomon had this opportunity and passed like Bill Gates taking a Microsoft test. Solomon so aced this one big ASK that God then gave him every thing. Wow! What did Solomon ask God for--wisdom. He wanted wisdom, the ability to lead and govern the people God had placed under him. We need more people who want wisdom.
I really don't see an abundance of wise people in or outside the church. It would be nice to order this stuff on overstock.com but they don't have it.

Perhaps you could ask God for wisdom to be a better leader, a better follower of Jesus, and a better contributor to the big picture. James 1:5 tells us that God gives wisdom out in liberal way--He does not hold back to make His people wise. One more action step you could take is to read the wisdom books of the Bible. There are five of them. You try to name them. Yes, go ahead, no one is watching. They are as follows: Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, and Job. Which ones were written by Solomon? If you said the first three you are wrong--just kidding-- you are right.

One last thing you could do with this wisdom thing is to pray for other people that they would gain wisdom from God. Pray for me, your children, and grand children as well as each other that God would give His heavenly wisdom.