IT’S FOR YOU TOO!

READING: 1 KINGS 3:5-14

Verse 9: “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?”

This verse records the request that Solomon made to the Lord. It was a sincere request made because, as Solomon had previously confessed, he was as a child and didn’t know how to go out or come in. In verse 10 we see that God granted this request. He promised Solomon more wisdom and understanding than any one who had lived before or would come after him. What God granted was already more than had been requested, but the Lord went even further. In verse 13 He said “I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among all the kings of your days.” God’s response demonstrates His heart of abundance. His liberality, as it was passed down through many years of the Lord’s continuing generosity to His people, is perfectly defined in Ephesians 3:20. There His word informs us that He “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think”. He was that God of profusion to Solomon. Paul also knew Him in that same way. Now today Almighty God has not ceased to be more than we expect. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. How have you recently experienced the Father’s generosity?

 2. What characteristic can you identify as being present in Solomon’s request?