Reading
SAA Notes
Solomon makes a good beginning. His request for wisdom to rule God’s people with equity, rather than a long-life, wealth or victory over his enemies brings God’s commendation! Administering justice in family, church or society takes wisdom from God!
SJA Notes
* Dear God, let us make a joyful noise to You, the rock of our salvation! Let us come into Your presence with thanksgiving, making a joyful noise to You with songs of praise!
“It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked his.”
God is pleased when we humbly ask Him for wisdom!
Solomon started well.
But what is wisdom?
Solomon tells us in Proverbs 9,
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,”
Wisdom begins with a holy fear of God.
Growing is wisdom is becoming more like Jesus, being sanctified. Choosing at each point to live how God wants us to and not how the world does.
Wisdom is the beatitudes in practice, the fruit of the Spirit being grown in us; wisdom is us writing God’s law upon our hearts while the Spirit writes it better on our hearts, being good soil, growing as a branch of the vine, bearing much fruit.
Where can we find wisdom?
God has given us His word.
In the book of James ch 1 we read,
“But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”
* God Almighty,
Thank You for Your word, for Your wisdom that You teach us from it.
Please help us to fear You today, and so discover Your wisdom.
Please help us to be more like Jesus.
Amen.