The WWA (Lesson three)

This is lesson three of a four part series about seeking wisdom from God

If you could have one thing, what would it be? 

God asked Solomon that vary question and Solomon asked for Wisdom.

Solomon had wisdom beyond that of any King.  One could say he is the founder of the WWA

 

In this series we will explore what it takes to be a member of the World Wisdom Association 

1 Kings 3:16-27 NASB

(16)  Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.

(17)  The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

(18)  "It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

(19)  "This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it.

(20)  "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

(21)  "When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne."

(22)  Then the other woman said, "No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." But the first woman said, "No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." Thus they spoke before the king.

(23)  Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"

(24)  The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

(25)  The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other."

(26)  Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!"

(27)  Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother."

A member of the WWA trusts God.  God had told Solomon that he would grant him what he would ask.  Solomon asked for wisdom to lead Israel.  One thing you can always trust is that God will give us opportunities to test His answers.

It is at this time two women came to Solomon.  One woman’s child had died and in her grief, she claimed the other woman’s child.  In all the commotion, Solomon wisely called for his sword to divide the child so each woman could have a piece.  He knew all the while the real mother would not allow her child to be killed.

What a trying time for the ladies?  What trying time for a King?  How many times do we face situations that push us to our limits.  It is in these times we must trust God to take care of us as He said he would.

This why the writer in Hebrews tells us to come boldly before the throne of God, so we may find mercy and grace in our time of need.   

God proves His promises.  The wisdom Solomon used left no doubt as to the identity of the true mother.

So the third step to becoming a member of the WWA is trusting God to do exactly what He says he will do.