“Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established.” Proverbs 16:3

Solomon was a man who found favor with God. So much so that in 1 Kings 3:5 God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said to him, “Ask! What shall I give to you?” Solomon’s answer was actually an unlikely one. In 1 Kings 3:9 Solomon answered “Give to your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” The world was laid at his doorstep and Solomon chooses to ask for Wisdom. God response? “because you have asked for such a thing, and have not asked for long life for yourself, nor have asked for riches for yourself, nor have asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold I have done according to your words: see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. And I have given to you what you have not asked; both riches and honor.” The moral of the story is very simple, we should continually,

Pray For Wisdom To Understand God’s Desire For Our Lives

As I read the Proverbs of Solomon I often think that here’s the wisest person we shall ever know. A man endowed with wisdom from God himself. And here, among the great statements of Solomon’s Proverbs is a gem for us to live by. “Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established.” Do you commit your works to the Lord each day? Putting your hand to whatever you do in life, is it done with the thought of doing it for God’s glory? I know this is a standard I certainly don’t live up to. But what’s interesting is, when I do commit something to the Lord, my thoughts are established. Performing a task for the honor and glory of God becomes effortless because our mind set changes, for God himself changes it. Try it in your own life. Commit whatever it is that you do to the Lord, and then witness the results. Be prepared to be amazed.