WHY WAS GOD PLEASED WITH SOLOMON'S REQUEST OF WISDOM

There are good reasons why Solomon asked for wisdom. These reasons pleased God as he said i will even add riches on top of your request. Solomon said to God; you have given me people to govern, they are great people and too many to count. I think by great he meant some of them are intelligent and even wiser than him. Solomon wanted wisdom to govern these people without making mistakes. He wanted to do things right by understanding the difference between right and wrong. This shows he was committed to his assignment, he liked it and wanted to do his duties with more care. He wanted to govern God's people with moral intelligence or with justice to all. This was demonstrated in his ruling of two prostutes of which one lost his baby and wanted to claim the other live baby as hers. He had emotional intelligence because he could feel what the true mother of the baby felt, he tested them to say i will kill the remainining baby and divide him between you too, the one who refused was said to be the true mother.

GOD PLEASED WITH HIS INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS

Solomon's request was a good first step in his preparations as a new king of Israel.This vacancy needed someone who was willing to offer something to the people of Israel, someone who was not full of self interests or just looking at what the job will offer him(benefits) We learn even in our world when offered a job interview, they say avoid asking too many questions about the benefits you will get from the job, ask much about the nature of the job, your duties, what the employer requires from you, etc God had found the right candidate for the job, Solomon. Please read God's answer to his request, 1 Kings 3V11; So God replied "because you have asked for wisdom to govern my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or death of your enemies, i will give you what you asked for, wisdom and understanding more than anyone else. V13; and i will also give you what you did not ask for, riches and fame, no other king in the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life" He got these blessings from God because his heart was good, he did not want to govern unwisely whereby oppressing his people and getting himself rich.In case we miss it he was also the great giver both to God in sacrifices and to the poor. If we show a heart of willingness to God, he is there to make us competent for the job, he has so many vacancies but the labourers are few and sometimes those workers available are there for personal gains, unpleasing to God the owner of the field. Maybe the one reading this today is the right canditate for God, that is why you had the appettite to read all this to the bottom line, why not ask God for wisdom, knowledge and understanding? if you are scared that people will question your capability.God gives a good training brethren and he can even put to nothing the wisdom of this world, i mean the wisdom of your enemies who tries to kill your destiny for selfish reasons.