In 2 Chronicles 1, God appears to Solomon saying, “Ask whatever you wish and I will give it to you.”

What a blank check! Can you imagine what we might do with such a request? Would we ask for healing for a loved one? Would we ask for our church to grow? Would we ask for peace on behalf of our nation or world? The possibilities are endless.

For Solomon, there was only one answer, and it wasn’t success, health, prosperity, or even peace. Instead Solomon asks for wisdom. In our world knowledge and information abound. We want immediate answers and quick fixes for every problem we can imagine. But rarely do we slow down long enough to cultivate true wisdom.

That is what we seek as we bring our burning questions to God…