Skipping now over to II Chronicles I we read of amazing
discourse between God and Solomon.
In that
night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” Solomon said to God, “You
have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made
me king in his place. Now O Lord God, Your promise
to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people
as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me now wisdom and
knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can
rule this great people of Yours?”
Have you
ever heard God just tell you such a directive?
Solomon,
instead of asking for material things or long life or anything like that, asks
for wisdom.
God says
he will give us the desires of our hearts, and that means too that he places certain
desires in our hearts. In other words, when our God-given desires surface, they
will be granted.
The Bible
also says that sometimes we don’t receive when we pray because we ask for
things to consume our own lusts.
It’s hard
not to focus on what we need/want with our eyes. But somehow Solomon saw what he needed to
rule the people well and that was wisdom.
He realized his own limitations and his need for God’s supernatural
insight.
That is
effective prayer.
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