1 Kings 3:7-12 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.
We make decisions every day…those of less consequence are made more flippantly than others. But God desires to grant us wisdom in every decision if we just ask. There’s one decision our family needs to make that will radically change the rest of our lives. As adoptive parents of foster children, we are required by the state to provide more room for our six children, so we must decide to either build a fourth bedroom or move to a larger house. Neither option is ideal, but a change is necessary in order to keep our children. This is not one of those flippant decisions, so we are desperately seeking wisdom and insight from above.
Meanwhile, one of my children rubbed red Chap Stick on the carpet, but none of them admitted to doing it. The decision of how to handle this seems inconsequential, but I cried out to the Lord for wisdom anyway. After asking my children a series of diagnostic questions, the culprit finally confessed, allowing us to deal discerningly with the act of lying.
As I consider Solomon’s impressive request, I see that he also recognized his own need for discernment to govern the people God placed under his charge, so he asked for wisdom for the everyday challenges he would face as a leader. We may not lead a nation of people, but like Solomon, who admitted that he was like a little child, not knowing which way was up or down, we need wisdom in every aspect of life from the all-wise God of the universe.
Prayer: God, give me eyes to see my need for wisdom even in the mundane. Help me to recognize the reality of my own simplemindedness and that man’s ways are not Your ways.
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