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| KEY VERSES: 1 Kings 3:12b: Indeed I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you and no one like you shall arise after you. FAITH STORY: 1 Kings 3:1-15; 4:29-34; 11:1-13, 12:1-11 FAITH FOCUS: Solomon could have asked God for anything, but instead of asking for wealth and power, Solomon ask for a much better thing—wisdom. God was so pleased with Solomon that God not only gave him what he had asked for, but so much more—wealth, prestige, and power. The only stipulation was that Solomon needed to be faithful to God, and to follow God’s ways. Solomon became the wealthiest and wisest of men, yet his own wisdom did not teach him self-control. He was a great teacher, but failed to follow his own teaching. In a number of passages in Proverbs, Solomon describes the attributes of a fool. Unfortunately, in many ways he was describing himself, because in the end he could not see that his desires and excesses were leading to destruction and separation from God. Continued... |
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