Topic: A CUTTING-EDGE WISDOM
Text:1 Kings 3:16-28
3:16 Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.
3:17 And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.
3:18 Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; [a]no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house.
3:19 And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.
3:20 So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
3:21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
3:22 Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.
3:23 And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’
3:24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
3:25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
3:26 Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”
3:27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
STUDY:
According to the Scriptures, wisdom, which is the right application of knowledge, is the principal thing. In Proverbs 4:3-7, Solomon, who is said to be the author of the book, makes it clear that his quest for wisdom was because of his father’s advice. So, knowing the importance of wisdom himself, he was in a better position to counsel. Wisdom is more effective than the sword of the mighty and the riches of the wealthy. In our text, we come across one of the most famous stories highlighting King Solomon’s extraordinary wisdom. The story involves two women who each claim to be the mother of the same baby. Solomon’s unusual approach in solving the dispute demonstrated what it meant to possess deep wisdom – an insight that goes beyond mere intelligence or knowledge.
Solomon proposed to divide the child since he knew that only one mother would be willing to sacrifice her claim out of genuine love for her child. This moment shows that cutting-edge wisdom goes beyond the normal. This kind of wisdom guarantees justice, fairness and equity in a community. This story makes us understand human emotional nature and see beyond physical appearance. A generation is blessed when in it, wisdom is preserved.
Prayer:
Lord, grant me that wisdom to live my life and take right decisions.
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