That is exactly what God said to Solomon, the king. And Solomon answered this way: "Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong." The Lord was pleased with this request, and granted Solomon a heart so wise and understanding so deep that it was unlike anything ever experienced before and without equal. We still speak of the "wisdom of Solomon". The Lord said ... you could have asked for a long life, or for riches, or for the life of your enemies ... but you chose wisely. I am pleased.
And yet God does speak to us and asks us what we want. He already desires us to want a heart unto his own, a heart of wisdom and love, a heart of understanding and justice. Do we want that for ourselves?
A great question ... one that in the lived experience seems at times to indicate that the answer is no. May that NOT be the case ... may we who have been called and justified and glorified by the love of Christ truly desire his heart, an understanding heart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments:
Post a Comment