2 Chronicles 1:7-12 In that night did God appear to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.… 1. The practical wisdom by which we conduct the affairs of every-day life comes from God. Let us seek it, then, from its true source. If we seek to be wise without God, even our worldly wisdom will turn to folly. 2. We make a grand mistake in separating religious and every-day affairs. I do not mean merely to press the somewhat trite lesson that the morality which religion teaches must be practised in daily life. There are many who act up to this, yet still do not bring their religion enough into their daily work. Their trade or their business occupies them during me week. It is put away at stated intervals, to make room for higher thoughts; and these higher thoughts again are laid aside when they return to business. They cannot understand doing all things to the glory of God. The effect of this is twofold. First, it makes religion very weak and puny; instead of doing all things to the glory of God, we do a few things only to His glory. Secondly, it will mar our work; for nothing is really well done unless it is done in a religious spirit. But if Solomon exercised hie God-given wisdom on such matters as bringing up linen yarn from Egypt, why cannot we, too, understand that in our commerce, and other ordinary business, we are using God's gifts, and doing work which may and should be so done as to be to His glory? (A. K. Cherrill, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.WEB: In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you." |
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