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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
THE PRAYERS GOD IS FAMILIAR WITH - Seek Right Series 005
I Kings 3:8,11, KJV
"8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment."
It is God who tells us the trap Solomon could have fallen into but he escaped it by his unselfishness while seeing himself as a needy who needed to be empowered and equipped for his own ministry. God told us three things he could have asked for. Do you know something I discovered? Those three things God said Solomon could have asked for are what God do hear from the lips of people when they ask of Him often. On daily basis, when people come to God, their prayer always is and always revolves round those three requests. They're:
1. God, give me long life.
2. God, give me my enemies.
3. God, give me riches.
This is one of the reasons why God is impressed with Solomon because he seems to have thought differently and acted differently from the masses. He deviated from all the popular asks that God is usually bombarded with. Though the Holy Spirit is not yet inside him yet he proved how believers ought pray according to the will and expectation of God.
On daily basis, multitude seek after "other things." They neglect God's kingdom, its servicing and glorification even when they are not pulpit ministers. They have left from asking God insights into the cures of diseases and discoveries in order to make life better. They only want food, clothing and shelter but would sacrifice what could secure all those. Who will God give entrance into discoveries that money, fame and honour won't follow? That's how Solomon learnt to labour wisely by asking for the one thing that matters. You too, be weary of petty asks. Pray transcendental prayers. Ones that move God. Ones that catch His notice and draws His attention. Stop asking for yourself only. I say, be overwhelmed with others and service for humanity in your asks. Stop dying and stopping where others died and stopped. Go further. Leave them behind. Ask for people and nations and He'll surely make it your inheritance and possessions (Psalm 2:8). There's no breath or distance of asking that God can't fulfill. You can empty Him yet He'll never be emptied. Begin to seek higher things and let the testimony of God be, "because you've not asked for yourself riches, long life or the life of your enemies but a discerning heart to judge the people, I have given you that and all that you didn't ask for." This is the prayer that justifies wise request. It's the prayer that seeks God's kingdom and His righteousness yet have other things attracted also but which men have made their own focus by wrong prioritizing. "All these things" will be freely given you if you'll be this wise like Solomon. Those who ask the chief things don't need to ask for "all these things" again. One will secure the others.
PRAYER: Teach me the seeking of Your kingdom and His righteousness in prayer.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 23:1-24:51; Matthew 8:1-17; Psalm 9:13-20; Proverbs 3:1-6
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