Category: Wisdom

This is the story in  1 Kings 3:16-28 where two women are claiming to be the mother of a single child.    Solomon orders that the child be cut in two and each mother would receive half of the child, knowing that the child’s real mother would give up her child so as to keep it alive.

And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Ki 3:28.

True wisdom brings about real justice.

Everywhere I look I see that wisdom does not abound in our society.  We see multiple incidents of stupidity daily with dog owners entering our animal shelters.  We’ve clearly shown that our own wisdom is just foolishness.  We look to ourselves for wisdom when only the wisdom of God is sufficient.  I’ve decided to take a path to find wisdom and I am taking you along on that journey.

Solomon asked for discernment in 1st Kings 3:9:

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil,

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Ki 3:9.

Discernment is the first step towards wisdom, the ability to distinguish between good and evil. Looking around, we see good overcome by evil. We need to become a society that sees evil for what it is.