We all need God's wisdom in our lives. Why? Because He is infinitely wiser than us, and He knows better than us. Also, His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9).
Let's look at one example in the Scripture.
In 1 Kings 3:5, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and the Lord said, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
Indeed, at this juncture of our lives, the Lord is asking us: "Ask! What shall I give you?"
In 1 Kings 3:9-10, Solomon answered: "Give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
The word 'discern' here is 'biyn' in Hebrew. It can mean 'to separate or distinguish (between right and wrong)'. In other words, knowing what is the right thing to do, and what is not the right thing to do.
In 1 Kings 3:11-12, pleased with Solomon's answer, the Lord then said: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice; Behold I have done according to your words. See, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you."
In 1 Kings 3:13-14, the Lord said further: "And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days. So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes, and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
You see, the Lord looks for the sincerity in one's heart. The Lord looks for the authenticity in one's heart. The Lord looks for the genuineness in one's heart. These are the keys or ingredients to walk in continuous divine wisdom of the Lord.
So, beloved of God, as you yield before the Lord, as you surrender and submit before the Lord, and as you ask Him for His wisdom and discernment in your life, believe that the Lord is going to pour forth His wisdom upon you.
Not long after that encounter with the Lord in the dream, and not long after the Lord had spoken to Solomon, there was a situation when the king needed wisdom to deal with a certain argument and contention. In this case, two women came to him in order to have an argument and contention settled.
One of the women said, "Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house. Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone. There were only two of us in the house. But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it. Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her. And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead. But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't my son at all."
The other woman then interrupted, "It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine."
So you can see they were fighting and arguing about the ownership of that living child.
"No," the first woman said, "the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours."
And so they argued back and forth before the king.
Now imagine that you are the king, and you are listening to both sides of the story. And they're arguing back and forth.
The king then said, "Let's get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and each says that the dead one belongs to the other. All right, bring me a sword."
So a sword was brought to the king.
The king then said further, "Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other."
Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved the child very much, cried out, "Oh no, my lord! Give her the child - please do not kill him!"
But the other woman said, "All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!"
Then the king said, "Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother."
And when all Israel heard the king's decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom the Lord had given him for rendering justice.
The word 'wisdom' here is 'khokmaw' in Hebrew. It can be defined as 'the quality of having the right discernment and good judgment in a certain matter'. In other words, the quality of being wise.
So you see, wisdom is a quality. Now, we all speak about the quality of life, or having a better quality of life. But I tell you something. Wisdom is one very important quality in our life. Therefore, ask and receive wisdom from the Lord.
Now you see, we all need wisdom in life and in any form of decision making - be it in our household, in our business, in our career, in ministry, or in leadership in any capacity. In fact, every day in our life is about decisions, decisions, decisions - what decision we need to make, and what decision we need to check with the Lord.
But there's a good news for you today. Because the Lord is saying to you that He will always be willing to give you the wisdom if you need to have that wisdom. You just need to ask. You just need to have the right heart before Him. And the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. That's exactly what the king (Solomon) said.
Let's check it out in Proverbs 9:9-11. Here, the Scripture says: 'Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.'
And by the way, the word 'wisdom' here is the same word 'khokmaw'. In other words, the quality of having the right discernment and good judgment.
Beloved of God, as you walk in step with the Lord, you are also walking in that wisdom of the Lord that He is releasing to you, every step of the way. Aren't you blessed?
Now you see, 'the fear of the Lord' means 'the reverence of the Lord', or 'to have reverential fear of the Lord'. It means whatever He says, you give your attentive ears to listen, to hear Him, to learn to yield and submit to Him; because He is God and we are not.
And that's what the fear of the Lord is about. And it is this reverential fear, a reverential awe of the Lord, that leads to you receiving that wisdom from the Lord. So, ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be open to you. Amen!
I believe this is a very crucial time to ask the Lord for wisdom, and also to pray for our national leaders to receive the wisdom from Him to know what to do and what not to do, and to make the right decisions.
Let us pray: "O Lord God, we thank You that You have given us Your wisdom. Your wisdom is greater than the wisdom of men. You always see further and You know better. We thank You for this privilege that we have as Your beloved, that we can walk in Your divine wisdom every step of the way, in every area of our lives. We also want to bless the authority that You have raised up to make the right decisions in the administration of the country. So, we lift up our hands and we bless those whom You put as the governing authority of the nation. Because the Scripture instructs us to do so. In Jesus' name. Amen."
