Preparation Attracts Purpose
Solomon had an incredible opportunity to ask the Lord for anything. Yahweh basically offered him a blank check. How did he get this opportunity from the Lord? Soloman was prepared to answer the question correctly which is why the Lord asked him.
Your loving Father won’t ask questions you can’t answer. We rarely prepare; instead, we try every door. Abba’s kindness gives us free will, so we enter doors not meant for us. We lack the wisdom to know which door is truly ours. The right door will only open when you’re ready to walk through it.
The majority of people are looking for purpose and destiny, but the Kingdom is looking for people who are prepared for purpose and destiny. Where do we start with preparation? How do you prepare for your purpose?
What does your morning look like? If your morning is frantic and rushing around, you will miss out on preparation for that day. Preparation looks like turning your heart to Jesus when you wake up. Connect to Him. Have a conversation with Him. Then invite Him into the rest of your day. Now your heart has prepared to encounter the Presence of Jesus all day. Preparation attracts what you want.
Pastor Tim spoke Sunday about preparation for a spouse. If you have a desire for a spouse, preparation says prepare yourself to be the best wife or husband and then the Lord will move in your life. Picking the wrong spouse can be detrimental for the couple but ultimately for the children that come. PREPARE WISELY.
You have a desire to increase finances? Prepare by learning to budget what you have. This thing of preparation is the key for every area of our lives. There’s no condemnation if you find yourself on the other side of poor choices because you didn’t prepare. Most all of us find ourselves with consequences because of a lack of wisdom at some point in our lives. Abba is full of grace and mercy. As you turn your heart to Him for help in preparing to make better choices, He will lead you to restoration.
Soloman gets this opportunity because of David’s walk before the Lord. His father and mother, Bethsheba prepared him by always talking to him about what was important and showing him by living it out in front of him. Parents, Grandparents, your walk with the Lord matters to your future legacy. When you show up and are faithful to the Lord they see it.
“That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
“Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?” 1 Kings 3
This answer really pleased the Lord. Soloman had a humble heart, and the Lord could see his true desire was to be pleasing to the Lord by governing His people well. The Lord knows the depth of our hearts and why we really ask for certain things. He’s looking for hearts that are prepared with humility, love, compassion and a desire to please Him first above all other things. His response to Soloman is His response to us when we have prepared our hearts in His presence.
“I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame.”
