A HEARING HEART: The Fount of Wisdom - 1 Kings 3

If the ability to speak more than one language is good, then might not the ability to listen... To listen in one language be even greater. Mark Twain said that If we were meant to talk more than listen, well, we'd have two mouths and one ear...

Well, I'm going to talk for a few moments, not too long, I hope, but to talk for a few moments about the importance of listening... Sounds almost like an oxymoron, doesn't it? To talk about the importance of listening, except that I want to talk about the importance of listening to God, about having a heart with ears. I'm looking today at 1 Kings chapter 3, at a young Solomon has been recently crowned king, probably no more than 20 years old. Solomon is remembered often for his legendary wisdom, but I'm not sure we often look at the circumstances in which God endowed Solomon with such great wisdom. Here in 1 Kings chapter 3, we see that it actually happens for Solomon in a dream.

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