He loved the LORD, only this...
Can it be said of us. Only but this one thing. I Kings 3:3.
Let's lay aside that "only" one thing and run the race before us.
Solomon knew that God showed great favor to his father, David.
"Ask what I shall give you." I Kings 3:5.
"Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” I Kings 3:9
This pleased the LORD that Solomon didn't ask for himself but for his calling.
May this very day, we see through what "only" we can do.
And David ends with a prayer for Solomon. Psalm 72:6. May he be like rain falling on the fresh mown grass. An answer to the drought in so many lives.
Father, cause us to live like rain failling on a parched land. Empower us today with the Energy that stirs so powerfully within.
These proverbs are written by the wisest of men.
Yet, even Solomon had to wrestle with Wisdom.
It wasn't poured into his head through a sieve, through a spout.
It was delivered by His Maker, through his work.
Gaining wisdom.
Understanding words.
Receiving instruction.
Doing what is right and just and fair.
Giving prudence to the simple.
Giving knowledge to the young.
Adding learning to the wise.
Giving guidance to the discerning.
Understanding proverbs.
Proverbs 1:1-6
"Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” I Kings 3:9
This pleased the LORD that Solomon didn't ask for himself but for his calling.
May this very day, we see through what "only" we can do.
And David ends with a prayer for Solomon. Psalm 72:6. May he be like rain falling on the fresh mown grass. An answer to the drought in so many lives.
Father, cause us to live like rain failling on a parched land. Empower us today with the Energy that stirs so powerfully within.
These proverbs are written by the wisest of men.
Yet, even Solomon had to wrestle with Wisdom.
It wasn't poured into his head through a sieve, through a spout.
It was delivered by His Maker, through his work.
Gaining wisdom.
Understanding words.
Receiving instruction.
Doing what is right and just and fair.
Giving prudence to the simple.
Giving knowledge to the young.
Adding learning to the wise.
Giving guidance to the discerning.
Understanding proverbs.
Proverbs 1:1-6
Wise words from a wise man seeking this all of his life.
There is Someone greater here than Solomon.
There is Christ found in these proverbs.
Christ is The Living Word.
Breathed on to this page.rain. Falling in the Hill Country. Let Him fall all over me. 
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