Truth #149 - God supplies wisdom to those who want it - 1 Kings 1-4

1 Kings 4:29-30
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Truth:  God gives us the tools and insights we need to accomplish His tasks in His plans.  We don't know the exact age of Solomon when the above passage was written about him.   Some believe he could have been in his early teens, while others in his early twenties.   There are even some who put him pre-teens, at this point.   But, although we don't know his chronological age, we certainly know the limits of his leadership acumen.  Solomon had little experience in making judgments about the land, the law, or the legal.   Solomon was, however, raised in the royal court of his father, King David.  He did have some knowledge of the hallways and the staircases.  Yet, that would not have qualified him for what we read about him.   When asked by God to have his desires filled, Solomon choose wisdom and knowledge as a gift from God rather than power, position, property or prestige (Px4).   Yet, having asked God for wisdom and understanding, those lead to the Px4.   God gives blessings to those who seek wisdom because those who seek wisdom, in faith, will get that wisdom and that wisdom will, in turn, give them discernment to make great choices.   Those choices will produce a Px4 life style.   God gives wisdom freely to those who wish to seek it by true faith:

James 1:5-8
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Solomon approached God in faith (he was sacrificing to God when God asked him for his request).   Solomon was given wisdom and that wisdom was used to make great choices for the kingdom.   We ought not seek the Px4 life.  We ought to seek wisdom in the knowledge of God.  In turn God will give us power, position, property and prestige ... in a manner we may not even think ... in a time we may not even realize ... in a place we may not have seen.