Read 1 Kings 2:1-4; 3:1-9. Key Verse: keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.(v 2:3)
This passage is about a father and son, David and Solomon. The father seeks to give counsel to the son, and the son actually seeks God's counsel, but we know the life story of the son and how he did not always listen to God. As he prospered his listening to God was not what it should have been, and soon he listened to no one except himself and as a result all that he sought to gain for the good of the nation was lost.
God's wisdom should be what we seek in all things, not ours. As we pray, we worship and we talk to God, but as we say our Amen, we are indeed saying, "God, it is Your turn to talk and my turn to listen," and the blessing of wisdom will be ours.
How noisy have our churches become with so many voices that think they are speaking God's wisdom that we no longer listen to God? Is this true in your church? Is this true for you? May it be that as we pray for General Conference we might indeed say, "Loving God speak to me/us, so that I/we may hear what You would have for us to do and be."
PRAYER: Lord, may the distractions of the noise around us not drown out Your voice. Help me to listen and hear that which You speak to us. In Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
