It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 1 Kings 3:10 – Here at the beginning of Solomon’s reign we see Solomon choosing the faithful life. He chose to follow in the footsteps of his father David by worshipping the Lord and seeking to live a holy life. As a result of such a pursuit of the Lord, the Lord Himself spoke to Solomon and offered to give Solomon whatever he asked. While maybe not everything was on the table to be given, it seems like if Solomon wanted incredible wealth or the death of an enemy that such things were able to be asked for. Yet, as we see in the chapter, he asked for wisdom so he could properly lead God’s people, and such a request was pleasing to the Lord. When reading this chapter this morning, my thoughts went to the nature of my prayers and requests to the Lord. Are they pleasing to Him? Know we can come to the Lord and pray about anything to Him. He welcomes us to come to Him with our joys in our blessed days and our frustrations in our bad days. We can ask of the Lord anything, but does everything please the Lord when we ask it? Know if we are praying for something that is in line with scripture and in line with His revealed will, then this would be pleasing to Him. Things like asking for wisdom to know how to live faithfully for Him or asking the Lord for an opportunity to share the Gospel today or asking the Lord to help you forgive someone. All things are in line with what the Bible says we should be about, and things I believe the Lord is pleased when we pray such things to Him. Be willing to examine your recent prayer life. Has the requests been more selfish, worldly centered prayers or have then been prayers that are in line with what scripture says to be about? Let’s be pleasing to the Lord, even in our prayers. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3046
Question To Ponder: What might be something we could pray for that wouldn’t be pleasing to the Lord?
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