“The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom” (1 Kings 3:10, NLT).
As we know, God’s heart overflowed so much with pleasure in Solomon’s request that He decided to make him the wealthiest, most successful, most illustrious man alive… in addition to being the wisest. Now that is quite the overflow of delight over one prayer!
I am fascinated to think about the concept expressed in this story… especially in the light of the way it all turned out in the end. Solomon married 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3). As God had warned, they turned his heart away to worship demon gods. God felt entirely different about him at the end of his life: “The LORD was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice” (1 Kings 11:9).
What strikes me, when we examine these two different parts of Solomon’s life, is the extreme contrast in God’s emotions. How is this possible, if He is outside of time? His Word says that He sees the end from the beginning (Is. 46:10). If He was already seeing and experiencing the offensive conclusion of Solomon’s life at its outset, how was there room in His heart for great delight and pleasure in his early prayer? Why wasn’t God’s heart already clouded and tainted by the evil He was foreknowing and foretasting in His son?
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