Wisdom -- Yours or His?

Ask God for something, get the answer.  Ask God for something else, get the answer.  Ask God for healing.  Healing manifests.  Have another healing need.  Forget how God previously healed.  Which choice do you make?  Accept the diagnosis, live with the issue, follow the doctor's prescription, ignore God's prescription.  Why? Or, have you asked for a job, a mate, child(ren), friends, houses, land, church home, deliverance, victory, success, prosperity, etc.?  God answers your prayer.  Then you take God's answer for granted, it becomes commonplace, you may even abuse or walk away from His blessing.

Sometimes we do what I have chosen to call "the Solomon."  And you think, what is "the Solomon?" Shortly after Solomon became king of Israel, 1 Kings 3:5-15 records how God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said "ask for whatever you want me to give you."  Solomon asked for an understanding and discerning heart. God was so pleased at his request that he granted his request and added to it riches, honor, long life, all with no equal among kings.  King Solomon was held in awe and great esteem because people from near and far heard and saw that he had wisdom from God.  The Word says that he wrote over 3,000 proverbs more than 500 of which are recorded in the book of Proverbs.  In Proverbs 4:7, Solomon wrote that wisdom is supreme … the principal thing … the most important thing … the first thing, and we should get wisdom. 

Overtime, Solomon set out to study and explore by his wisdom all that was done under heaven.  Why did he choose his wisdom rather than godly wisdom? Many of his findings and conclusions are recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes.  The one who wrote in the Proverbs that wisdom is supreme, that it is the principal thing, wrote in Ecclesiastes that everything, including wisdom, is meaningless.  Why would Solomon ask to be granted godly wisdom, then turn away to explore everything under the sun by using his wisdom?  Are you doing "the Solomon" with your blessings? Are you applying godly wisdom or your human wisdom to the situations, circumstances, and relationships in your life?  Going forward, which will it be for you -- your wisdom or His wisdom?