Revelation of the Word:

THEME: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE

1 Kings 3:16-27 NKJV

“Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. 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. Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. 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. 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.” 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. 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.’ ” Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.” 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.” So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”

INSIGHT

–King Solomon sought wisdom from the Lord and prayed that God would grant him understanding to become a righteous ruler. His righteous judgement was tested when two women came to the King with two young babies, one alive and the other dead. Both claimed that the living child was their own and that the other woman was only pretending to be the mother of the surviving infant. When the decree was made to separate the living child into two, the rightful mother was discovered. God grants wisdom to those who ask Him without finding fault and generously (James 1:5). Let us continue praying that the wisdom of God will always dwell within us and in our leaders that they may administer justice upon those who are oppressed.

PRAYER

Lord You are Great and greatly to be praised, we honor and praise Your holy name. You are the One who endows the king with Your justice and Your children with righteousness. May You fill our leaders with Your right judgement so that they may administer justice upon Your people. We pray for the release of all the abducted citizens that Lord You may intervene and set them all free. We pray for the persecuted Christians all over the world that Lord You may rescue them and grant them peace. May You release Your justice upon the orphans, widows, widowers, fatherless that dear Lord You may remember them with Your merciful love. May You train us to love one another as You have loved us dear Jesus. We love You Lord and enthrone You. In Jesus name we pray. Amen

Blessed Thursday

Further reading: Psalm 72:1, 1 Timothy 2:1-2

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