Are you searching for God’s wisdom?
You will recognize it when you see it, when you hear it.
Solomon asked for wisdom and that pleased God.
Wisdom is not just a gift. It comes by searching and seeking the Lord.
Solomon’s life was an anomaly.
The human with so much wisdom still fell from the Lord.
He refused the wisdom when it conflicted with his love for women.
What could Solomon have asked for that would have kept him?
Though Solomon asked for wisdom and that pleased the Lord,
what could Solomon have done that would have pleased the Lord more?
To answer that question, looking at his father King David might give us a clue.
King David constantly wanted to serve the Lord.
He sinned and succumbed to his flesh. He also repented.
We can fault David for his sins, but the Lord cleansed them,
just like He does ours.
It is always fascinating to survey the lives of the main characters of the bible.
Not one of them was without sin.
They had their faults.
They had their fleshly desires.
We are not made aware of the sins of all the characters
because I do not remember reading of the sins of Daniel or Jeremiah or Elijah.
That does not mean they did not disappoint the Lord or choose sin at times.
With that thought in mind, we can consider that they might have confessed their sin and God cleansed them from it.
Since sin separates us from God.
Those who were closest to God likely did not harbor sin for too long.
Their sins were not mentioned, so, they were reconciled to God.
God tells us in His word that He will not remember our sin once we are cleansed.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 8:12
Solomon continued in his sin.
He refused correction by the Lord, even though he had so much wisdom.
Somewhere along the way, Solomon lost the fear of the Lord.
That lack of fear led him down a dark path of no return.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old,
that his wives turned away his heart after other gods:
and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God,
as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech,
the abomination of the children of Ammon.
And likewise did he for all his strange wives,
which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 1 Kings 11:4-8
The fall of Solomon is a reminder of how even the greatest of us
can turn from the Lord.
Assuming that we have it made, feeling that we are wise,
does not mean we are safe if we choose to shake our fist in the face of God.
Can we even, for a minute, imagine what it would be like to be Solomon?
To hear from the Lord God Almighty, to be given what he was given both in the spiritual realm, that is hearing from God and receiving vast amounts of wisdom, and then to want wickedness?
The warnings the Lord gives us in His word are there for a reason and a purpose. Heed His instruction and let His fear remain in your heart.
If you have brought your sin before Him for His cleansing by His blood,
there are many promises in His word that He will forgive us and cleanse us.
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 10:17