“Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give you riches and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings had that have been before thee, neither shall have after thee shall have.” Commentary: Is God talking about me again? Solomon was a humble man! Notice it was a prayer not about show me the money and the women then I will serve you! The thorn in my flesh is I am allergic to money and women! Lord help me win the lottery and then I will serve you! Let’s make a deal? What is wisdom? The Hebrew word is an all encompassing word! The word includes military strategy, diplomacy, knowledge, judgment, intelligence, insight, experience, shrewdness, craftmanship, prudent, cunning, clever, morality and a sensitivity to spiritual matters! It is everything you cannot find in Washington D.C. today! This word wisdom in the Hebrew is very practical! It is based upon what God has said about good and evil. About right and wrong! It is wisdom applied to our daily lives! Solomon took the wisdom God gave him to build a Temple or House for God here on earth! A dwelling place for God where his people could worship him! This Temple was laced with gold and silver and the work of craftsmen according to Biblical instructions! A glorious Temple not matched by anyone who lived before him! Yet Solomon a man got distracted from his purpose! He acquired 700 wives and 300 hundred girl friends! Some of these ladies were idol worshippers and influenced Solomon to build shrines to their gods! The Kingdom was weakened and the culture! This Temple about 400 years later was destroyed by the Babylonians and the Jews suffered one hundred thousand killed and went into captivity to Babylon for 70 years! The Temple was rebuilt yet Jesus later predicted not one stone would stand and in 70 A.D the Temple was destroyed by the Romans taking all the gold and silver back to Rome along with one hundred thousand Jewish slaves who built the Roman Colosseum! So what happened in the Colosseum? Christians were martyred! When Jews are persecuted the Christians are next according to history! The Lord said in first John I am building a Temple not made with hands! A Jew named Jesus had to be nailed to a Roman Cross to deliver us from evil! His wisdom exceeds the wisdom of man! He will never misuse the wisdom he has received because he is more than a man! He is God in the flesh! We are to love good and hate evil! Wisdom is to distinguish the difference between them overcoming evil with good! The scriptures clearly tell us what is evil and what is good! History has shown us all men are evil and need a Savior! Wisdom is to receive the Savior who can deliver us from the evil that so easily besets us! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYouChurch.com