Ask What I Shall Give Thee

I Kings 3:5,9-10
"In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing."

Very simple - it pleased the Lord for Solomon to ask for wisdom.

Very simple - it still pleases the Lord for us to ask for wisdom.

James 1:5-7
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Back to Solomon... he awakes from his dream, and right away has to judge a very difficult case.

I Kings 3:15-16
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Solomon hears conflicting testimony from two women, both of them known harlots, both of them unreliable witnesses. It this a test of Solomon's wisdom? Or is this a test of his faith? How does he respond?

I Kings 3:24-25
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

BRING ME A SWORD! What courage! What faith! What wisdom!

I Kings 3:28-4:1
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

When we ask for wisdom from God IN FAITH that He will provide it, that faith and wisdom will show up in our actions and will give God glory!

"Ask what I shall give thee..."

"Lord, give me wisdom"