2 Chronicles 1, 1 Corinthians 9: 1-18, Psalm 119: 129-136
2 Chronicles 1: 7-10 (ESV)
“In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him,
“Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and
steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. O Lord
God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me
king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me now wisdom and
knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this
people of yours, which is so great?”
I love this story of Father-God asking King Solomon what he
wanted in verses 7 through 10 from 2 Chronicles 1. Solomon was already a king,
as heir to King David’s kingdom, so he already had wealth. Solomon had the freedom
from Father-God to ask for whatever he wanted, and I love that he asked for wisdom
and knowledge to govern his people. I believe I had a similar experience myself
one early morning recently. I heard a voice whom I assumed was Holy Spirit ask me
what I wanted in life and what was most important to me. I remember pondering
the question for a minute, and the answer that came surprised me. I told Holy
Spirit that I wanted to feel every day that Father-God loved me. I know I gave
this answer after I realized that I had spent most of my life feeling unworthy of
Father-God’s love because I was a sinner and never good enough. That was what I
believed my religion had taught me, which is wrong. The Bible says that Father-God
created me and loved me, even when I was a sinner. The Bible says that Father-God
sent his son Jesus Christ to die for my sins, so I could be made new and resurrected
with him with a new self. When Holy Spirit asked me that question of what I
wanted in life, I knew that I wanted hat was promised in the Bible of getting
everything back that the devil had stolen. I wanted to spend the rest of my
life waking up and knowing that I am loved by Father-God because I am his
child. Feeling loved by Father-God was more important to me than money, than
security, nice clothes, a nice car, a nice place to live, etc.
If Father-God were to ask you the same question that he
asked Solomon, what would your answer be?
If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on these Bible verses,
and you want to experience that you are always loved by Father-God through your
faith in Jesus Christ, please pray this prayer out loud:
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