2 Chronicles 9:22-23
So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Would it be wrong to desire the same thing we read in the above verse for yourself. Years ago I started a speaking-coaching leadership business and this verse (along with 2 Chronicles 9:1) was to be the theme and mission statement of the business. That was twenty years ago. I desired then, and now, to have God give me wisdom I could share with the "kings of the earth" - because they came asking. I have never advertised because I thought that is self promotion. I have allowed God to bring to me who He wanted me to share His wisdom with and for what reason to share it. Solomon sought God's Wisdom and God supplied it ... richly. We, too, can seek God's Wisdom and He WILL supply it. God will also bring the kings of the earth to us - or the peasants of the earth - to hear HIS wisdom. Solomon was just the speaker system. God doesn't need people like Solomon or me to convey His wisdom. He has done that in creation (see Proverbs 8). Yet, God chooses to use Solomon, here, to demonstrate His majesty. When Solomon forsook that theme in his life he became just another man filled with pride and with arrogance. God desires to use us if we will give Him the glory and give Him the credit.
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