You've been bringing God a list.
The breakthrough. The door. The healing. The provision. The
person. All of it real. All of it legitimate. And somewhere
underneath all that asking is a posture — a posture that says:
give me what wisdom produces. Without me actually having wisdom.
Solomon had a moment most believers never get. God showed up
and said ask for anything. Blank check. No limit. And he could
have asked for dominance, for wealth, for the destruction of
every enemy standing between him and a secured dynasty. Every
one of those requests would have been reasonable.
He didn't ask for any of it.
1 Kings 3:9 — he asked for an understanding heart. Not outcomes.
The capacity to govern outcomes. Not answers. The mind that
finds the answer. He chose the source over the supply.
Here's what wrecked me about that. Proverbs 8 tells you wisdom
was there before the mountains were set. Before the hills were
formed. Set up from everlasting. And Colossians 2 says all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ. Not
some. Not most. All.
Which means when Solomon asked for wisdom — he was asking for
Christ. Without fully knowing it.
And most of us have been doing the opposite. We come to Christ
asking for what He can give us. While He's standing there
offering us Himself.
The blessings Solomon didn't ask for — the wealth, the honor,
the long life — God gave them anyway. Voluntarily. Because
when you go after the source, the supply has nowhere else to go.
This isn't about stopping your prayer life. It's about what's
underneath it. What are you actually reaching for when you reach
for God?
You don't need more from God. You need more of God.
That shift — from petition to encounter — is the one that
reorganizes everything.
Today's full teaching:
Stop Asking God for Things (Do This Instead) → [Click to Watch on YouTube]