Skip to main content

2 Chronicles 9:5-7 How far would you go to listen to wisdom? Day 343

Good afternoon friends,

Queen of Sheba comes to visit.  Have you ever gone some place and had that "I wouldn't believe it unless I had seen it" response.  Sometimes it is natural splendor like the Grand Canyon.  Sometimes it is man made like Versailles or the Pyramids.  You can read about it and see pictures, but until you see it for yourself, you really don't appreciate it.  While the queen is impressed by the physical aspects, it is the wisdom of Solomon that  has this effect on her.  

Makes me wonder if there are any truly wise men in our day?  We might be awed by the surroundings of powerful people, is anyone awed by their wisdom?  The queen calls his servants blessed because they get to listen to his wisdom all the time.  Everything he says is wise.   For example, it has been said that Jonathan Edwards was the most intelligent man or colonial times and possibly in all American history.  What was it like to be in his presence?  Did he ever just talk about mundane topics, or was it always some deep insight?

And then I think about the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God. Romans 11:36.  God is the source of Solomon's wisdom, but he is just a shadow.  As far as Solomon exceeds other people, this is nothing in comparison to God.  Just looking at creation should make me in awe of God's wisdom.  Everything intricately dependent on every thing else.  Not one thing by chance.  Queen came from distant land to hear wisdom of Solomon, but rebellious man won't go across the street to a church to hear the wisdom of God.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2 Chronicles 33:7-9 Thoughts on Davidic covenant - Day 362

Good morning faithful readers, The finish line is in sight!!!  One of the themes of scripture is that God is a covenant keeping God.  There are many between God and man. Adam, Noah, David are examples.  Covenants are more than promises.  They are made between a superior and inferior with conditions for each side and blessing and penalties based on keeping the conditions.  These are covenants of works which fallen man was unable to keep.  Thanks be to God that the Father made a covenant of grace with Christ, the second Adam, which he fully kept. Blessings, Jeff The promise in v8 was made to David when he had planned to build the temple and God promised to build him a house forever. (2 Sam 7:10).  Seems like there are only two possibilities about Manasseh's disobedience.  Either he knew of this covenant that God had made with his 13th great grandfather and chose to disregard it, or he didn't know of it and was unaware of the penalty.  Let's con...
Post a Comment
Read more

2 Chronicles 30:16-20 Hearts set to seek the Lord - Day 359

Good morning fellow members of the household of God, After writing the devotional, I am thinking about the Passover as a household event.  In ancient Israel, the physical household of man was covered by the blood of the lamb.  Now, it is the spiritual household of God that is covered by the blood of the Lamb. Blessings, Jeff The account of the greatest celebration of Passover since time of Solomon (v 26).   Observations: One of the things that made this one great is participation of some of the tribes from the northern kingdom.  Israel was a united kingdom and Solomon and now toward the end of the northern kingdom, there is at least a semblance of being united. God allows some exemptions: Who offers the sacrifice:  The original Passover was a family by family sacrifice of a lamb.  However in  Deuteronomy 16:5-6 this changed to a centralized location once they entered the promised land.  (You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of ...
Post a Comment
Read more

2 Chronicles 35:23-26 Lament for the last good king - Day 364

Good morning fellow exiles and pilgrims, One more day of devotions.  We are indeed exiles and pilgrims in this world as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.  The 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks can serve as a reminder that this world is not our home. Blessings, Jeff The lamentations for Josiah written by Jeremiah.  However, the book of Lamentations does not include any reference to Josiah as they are focused on the fall of Jerusalem.  While these lost lamentations were "made the rule" there are only 4 more kings and none of them were good like Josiah and none died in Jerusalem.  The phrase "to this day" generally refers to the time of the author (post exile).  Taken together, it may be that these laments were for the last good king and during the exile the people were longing for the next good king. Zerubbabel in a way was the next good king as temple and Jerusalem were rebuilt. But Jesus truly was the next king and He...
Post a Comment
Read more