Give
Me
An
Understanding
Heart
Scripture
1
Kings 3
5 That
night the Lord appeared
to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I
will give it to you!”
7 “Now,
O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father,
David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way
around. 8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen
people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
9 Give
me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and
know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is
able to govern this great people of yours?”
10 The Lord
was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. 11 So God
replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people
with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the
death of your enemies—
12 I will
give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding
heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! 13 And
I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame!
Observation
Solomon
had the opportunity to ask the Lord for anything – today people
say, “Oh Lord if I could just win the lottery!”
Did
you know that seven out of ten people who win the lottery have lost
all of that money within a few years and are worse off than they were
before they won? And they also say that it was the worse thing that
ever happened to them!
I
think a prayer request that would help us way more than winning a
lottery would be asking the Lord for what Solomon asked him for,
“Lord, give me an understanding heart!”
What
you and I need today more than anything else is God's wisdom.
We
need an understanding heart to be able to navigate safely through
this thing called life!
Application
Lord,
give me wisdom! Lord, give me an understanding heart!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I do pray for wisdom. Give me an understanding heart. I know
that more than anything else Your wisdom is what I need.
I
pray for any person reading this blog today. Give them an
understanding heart. Lord, if they are praying to win the lottery
show them that having Your wisdom would be far much better for them
than having riches. I do pray that you meet the needs that they have
today.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 1; Psalms 78; 2 Thessalonians
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