The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-11


,r and thither by the wind, and solemn
y declares: Let not that man think
that he shall receive anything from tho
Lord" Read carefully the verses which
follow the request which Solomon
makes OF the Lord. No immediate ev-
dence that Solomon has been clothed
with the mantle Of wisdom. In fact,
Scripture declares that Solomon awoko
md found it was q dream. This does
not mean there was q vague intangible-
ness to it all such n 10 ordinarily at
tached to dreams. but emphasizes the
fact that there was not any immediateo or |
change in Solomon. There |
was only the inward consciousness that |
he had talked with God and that wisdom |
when needed was to be his portion from |
the God of all wisdom. In faith he went |
down to Jerusalem, and waited and then
followed the evidences that the wisdom
for which he had asked had been be- |
slowed God does not give the soul the
conscious possession of His treasures
that they may be boarded and gloated
over, and unwisely used, but He gives
when the need for use arises, and faith
keeps the soul confident that in the time
of need God will not fail. The request
for wisdom must be made with that
faith which assures the soul and makes
it patient to wait for it's bestowment In
the hour of need.
GIFT of Wisdom.-As we have al
~ ready intimated, this gift of wis
dom to Solomon was not miraculous.
God did not send it down upon him
in great chunks so that he could gather
it up and ship it back to Jerusalem,
there to be used when he wished to
make display of it, or when circum-
stances required. 1t came in the most
natural way, and while Solomon was
using every energy and faculty OF his
being. God supplemented his natural
abilities. He did not supplant them.
While the gift was natural and timed
to the need. the evidences of that wis
dom were striking and well-nigh mirac-
ulous, for the nation instantly recog-
nized that ''the Wisdom of God was in
him to do Judgment" And that is the
way the wisdom which you are told
to ask of God will be received. When the
difficult problem arises, when confused
| in the presence of perplexing circum-
|
! dom, and move straight on, knowing
that each step will be guided by the un-
erring Judgment OF God. Wisdom from
God is not something you can have
| large reserve stock of on hand, as you
| would grain supply or bank account,
but is always in the possession OF God.
but the prayer of faith will always be
| able to move God and obtain from Him
lust what is needed for the present re-
Quirement.
EVIDENCE of Wisdom.-Did 1t ever
l. occur to you that it was singular that
God selected the incident He did to
prove the wisdom of His servant Sol
omon? Surely out of the many hard
tests to which the Queen of Sheba put
him upon her visit, there must have
been some one which could have been
selected which would have so clearly
proved the possession of the gift. Sure
" there must have been other and pleas
anter circumstances when he could
, ! have displayed his God-gtven wisdom
, But. instead, he is found sitting on his
throne and adjudicating a disgusting
iustice-court case: a case in which thu
! complainants had no standing and thu
, object of their dispute being the fruit o.
, their sin and a witness against them
Instead of hearing their case he Nigh
have ordered their stoning without th'
, city according to the solemn judgmen
, of the Jewish law Why was it? W.
! may not be able to suggest the correc
answer, but may it not have been t.
i So hot ho 3oh V,iS
! dom of God reaches to the lowest ht1
q man need. Does it not emphasize tn
} practical utility of God-given wisdom
q Even the meanest and most despise'
of all of His subjects was to feel an
. know that the wisdom OF God wa
- guiding him The evidence of Solo
q mons great wisdom was unexpectedl
= found in a matter which most vitall
4 concerned the everyday life of tw
n outcast women. What lesson thi
b ought to teach you and me! Where ar
= we looking for evidences of wisdor
Il from God? In some great thing? Yo
+ will be disappointed. But realize tha
: the gift will be bestowed for the mean
h est and most humble affairs of life, tha
d it will be given that you may bless an
= help some despised, outcast soul, an
3: then there will be such a common
!. sense, yet exalted, walk with God q
Il will demonstrate to all about that "th
10 wisdom of God" is In you.
n | INFLUENCE Of Wisdom.-And tn
+ last brings us to our closing thought
ID The influence of wisdom. II we wei
l. able to go back to the period in Jev
D. ish history when Solomon reigned. ar
, mingled with the people, we would fin
that the manifest presence of God wit
Solomon which put him in sympathet
d touch with the lowest and meanest
Is human needs influenced the people t.
le ward practical views of God and pra