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3/16/2025
Pastor Dwayne Smith
Immerse: Chronicles - Week 2
2 Chronicles 1:7-13, “In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” 8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. 9 O Lord God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” 11 God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.” 13 So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.”
What do you want?
- What would your answer be – “What do you want?”
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Unmet “needs” distract us
- Matthew 6:24–33, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. 25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?… 31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
- Jesus question to us – “Who are you seeking first?”
- Matthew 6:31-33, “…don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers.”
- What’s the path to having our needs met?
- Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the Kingdom of God – seek God FIRST, and live righteously, and HE will give you everything you need.”
Key to wisdom: Posture
- Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” - Our posture
- Chronicles 1:3-6, “Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. 4 (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) 5 Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out. 6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.”
- King Solomon was at his
- Look at God’s answer: 1 Kings 4:29, “And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt… people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.”
- Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
- Moses took off his sandals and hid his face (Exodus 3). In Exodus 33, Moses had to hide him in the cleft of a rock just in order to pass by and not have His presence consume Him.
- When the prophet Isaiah experienced the presence of God, His response: Isaiah 6:5, “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
- Job’s response: Job 42:5-6, “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
- Ezekiel 1:28, “This is what the glory of the Lord looked like to me. When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground”
- John, the apostle, the one Jesus loved, after His encounter with a glorified Jesus wrote: Revelation 1:17, “When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if I were dead”
The response of everyone who has seen and experienced the Lord is one of
Experiencing God causes humility:
1. How great God is.
2. How small I am.
3. How small others are.
- Wisdom is connected to our relationship with God and pursuing HIS purpose for our lives: getting it and keeping it.
- Wisdom is 2-fold: Acquiring and Applying (Proverbs 1:2-6)
How do we obtain the wisdom of God?
- Godly wisdom is only attained with God
Many try to receive the benefits, the love and the power of God without God.
- We want the reward without the relationship.
- We want the power without the person.
- We want security without surrender.
Wisdom: skill in the art of Godly living.
- Psalm 119:9-16, “How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you;let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes!13 With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.15 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.16 I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.”
Response
What have I been asking God for?
What should I be asking for?
How do I need to “reposition” my life to walk in Godly Wisdom?
Benediction
Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
24 The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
26 The LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Go and Live for Jesus!
