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Solomon Ask For Wisdom
1 Kings 3:5-28, 4:29-34
Main Idea: Seek out wisdom above all else
Me: I love the movie Aladdin.
Have you all seen Aladdin?
It is about a street-rat named Aladdin and his sidekick a money named Abu.
And Aladdin just wants to the world to see that there is more him then what they see.
And then you have princess Jasmine who is trying to write her own journey.
The two end up together but that is because Aladdin has the help of a genie.
And Genie grants Aladdin three wishes.
I mean can you imagine getting asked to do this?
I mean what would you ask for?
If you had three wishes?
(Ask Students)
Money, Power, To be someone that you are not currently...
I mean we would ask for some pretty important things right?
But what if you only had one wish?
What if that Genie popped out and was like you only have one wish?
Would that change your answer?
I mean it should.
The normal rules apply— can’t make you fall in love, can’t kill anybody, and cant bring anyone back from the dead.
But what if you only had one wish?
What would you wish for?
(ask Students)
I think it changes our answer when it comes down to one wish.
In our story today King Solomon, David’s son is asked a similar question except it does not come from a fake Genie, but from the real God.
And it isn’t even a wish God literally ask Solomon to ask him anything and it will be granted to him.
If God gave you this choice would it change what you asked for?
(Ask Students)
We: God is not a Genie, yet he treat Him like one.
Now I want you to hear me on this, God is not a genie.
He is not some vending machine where you put in your prayers and out spits whatever you ask for.
While we know this in our hearts— We tend to treat God this way.
Don’t get me wrong here— God is a God of blessings and He will bless those who follow Him.
The Christian faith is about giving, but it is also about receiving what God has for you.
But it is God who gives not based on what we want but rather what we need.
What is interesting about King Solomon is that when faced with this choice— he could have said a lot of things that we have said tonight.
But Solomon didn’t instead he asked for wisdom.
Did anyone here ask for wisdom?
Heck no we want the material— nobody here wanted to be a great leader when we get a free wish—
We want fame, power and money.
But that wasn’t the heart of Solomon.
He wanted to be great king and a great leader.
Sometime you are going to be put in situation where you will look back because hindsight is 20/20 and you will wish that you made a different decision.
You will see the outcome play out and you will wish that maybe you just had a bit more wisdom.
I look back to college and wish I would have just gone to a local community college first and then did college online.
It is cheaper and I still would have gotten the same education.
While I loved the friendship I made I wonder if it would have been wiser to stay and serve locally rather than leave.
Or what about getting a pandemic puppy— I love my dog but having a baby on top of having a puppy was a bit crazy and if I had more wisdom maybe that would have been different.
Or buying our dumb van.
Our van has caused us nothing but problems since we got it.
It is poopy!
And if I made more wisdom I would have never bought a Chrysler.
We can play this game all day, with our dumb decisions.
But that is where wisdom comes in.
Wisdom is about making the right choice first.
It is about being put into a situation and choose the right choice.
Wisdom is not something that you just have it or you don’t but at times it sure can feel that way.
Has anyone wondered why you keep making the same mistakes over and over again?
Even when you know the right decision to make?
Wisdom isn’t cool or flashy—
I doesn’t score you cool points—
Wisdom is so much more.
And the real question I think we should ask is why would King Solomon respond with wisdom to God request of ask me anything?
That is the question why would Solomon choose wisdom?
Is wisdom something you would ask for?
And answer some of those questions— I want us to flip to 1 Kings 3.
God:
So let’s set up what is happening here.
David has just died and Solomon is now king.
Remember David and Goliath
Recall last week with David and Bathsheba.
Sin has consequences.
However— even in the darkness God can still offer hope and the child of David and Bathsheba ended up being King Solomon.
The rightful rule to the throne of Isreal.
So King Solomon finds himself in a new role.
Everything is different and he starts to understand some stuff he must do.
Maybe you can relate to a similar situation where you are in a new setting.
You have to make a plan or a decision about something.
Solomon was going to have lots of decision to make.
And what is interesting is that King Solomon understood His situation.
Understand your Situation
And at times we also must understand our situation that we are in.
This will help us make good and wise decisions.
Let’s dig in and see how Solomon knew his situation.
As a leader Solomon understood his role was to lead God’s people but He did not know how to do that.
Think about a time where maybe you were put into a position that required you to lead a group.
Maybe a class project?
Maybe you were selected to be a captain of a sports team?
You were asked to help serve in Awanna or in the Nursery?
Anytime you oversee people it is different then just being in charge of a task.
Solomon wasn’t put in a group project he was made King over a nation.
The nation of Israel was massive and he was a young man who was appointed King.
He had no idea how to lead.
But instead of faking it until he made it— he humbled himself before God and said in verse 7
I don’t know what I am doing God— I need direction and understanding of what I am too do.
While Solomon is going to go on and ask for wisdom— I found this to be very wise of Solomon already.
Going and asking God— hey I don’t know what to do here— Can you help here?
Many times leaders are put in charge with little understanding of what they are too do— and the burden of leadership is really hard at times.
John Maxwell stated;
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