18 - 24 August 2024
Worship Together
18 - 24 August 2024
Receiving wisdom as a gift
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14David’s 40-year reign comes to an end, and he is succeeded by his son Solomon. The new king goes to worship at the most prominent ‘high place’, where God appears to him in a dream and asks him what gift he would like. Solomon chooses an ‘understanding mind’ to help him govern as wisely as his father. God, pleased by this request, grants him this and more.
Solomon is following in the footsteps of a revered ruler, his father, David. How will he cope? What should he do? He begins in worship of the God who blessed his father and grew the nation of Israel. When asked by God what he wants, he chooses wisdom over long life and riches. Today we will explore how God offers us the gift of wisdom but waits for us to ask for it.
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Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 15 Year B
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
Psalm 111
Ephesians 5.15-20
John 6.51-58
