When Solomon Asked for Wisdom
What pleased God?
Solomon was seeking wisdom in order to walk in His ways.
But in answering Him, God tells us what does NOT please Him to be asked:
Long life, riches, vengeance.
1 Kings 3:10
It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word.
Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
When we come across and are tempted to use these cherry picked prosperity verses it is best to do three things:
1. Ask ourselves if we are after God’s heart or our own.
2. Recognize the misuse of the verse for the lack of reverence (and blasphemy) that it is.
3. Put the verse back into context and take time to, prayerfully, seek the true meaning.
#SeekingScripture with Christy Jordan