1 King 1-6

"'Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?'"

When God said to Solomon, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you", he asked just for one thing: wisdom. And the bible says, because Solomon answered in this way, God was very pleased with the answer and promised Solomon all the things he did not even ask for: riches and honor.

I am reminded, again, how God's command is so simple, and how we are the one that complicate it. If we just come before God, humble ourselves like Solomon did, and just simply ask for God's wisdom, I believe God will take care of all the details in our lives.

Yes, life is complicated. So many things have happened in the past, so many things going on at the present, and so many uncertainties in the future. That goes for all of us. Sometimes we become prideful and think that we are in some special circumstance that no one can understand. Haven't we all thought at one point or another that we are in the worst situation ever?

The lesson I learned from Solomon is this. He did realize that life is complicated (He was put in charge of the whole nation of Israel! That should give him endless things to think about.), so he knew that the best thing he can ask for is the wisdom of God.

God knows all things. (We need to truly believe that.) I'm not so sure that we need to tell God and ask God about every little details in our lives. He knows even things that we are not aware of. I believe all God wants us to do is simply to come before him and ask for his wisdom. Do not doubt or limit God in what he can do. We must be willing to be used by God. (That's the hard part. We all have so many ideas, attitudes, and things we are not willing let go of.) If we would only do that (by the power of the Holy Spirit) God will take care of everything in our lives. Not only that, he will bless us with things we did not even ask for.

What a promise we have in God! Let's rejoice in him this day:)