1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
Psalm 111
Ephesians 5:15-20
“What do you want from God?
What do you want from God? If you were asked that question, as King Solomon was, what would be your answer?
It reminds me a little of those stories of genies popping out of old lamps and offering three wishes to the person who rubbed the lamp and released them. In gratitude for being freed from the tiny prison of living inside an old-fashioned lamp, the genie exclaims, “Your wish is my command!” and promptly offers to fulfill three wishes for you.
What would you wish for? Better health? Longer life? A happy family? A more fulfilling job? A new car?
Most of the genies, including the one in the famous Alladin story, have a few rules around the wishes. Things like, you can’t wish for someone to come back to life or for someone to die either. You can’t wish to become immortal or change the fundamental nature of reality. And you can’t wish for unlimited wishes.
But that still leaves quite a lot of scope for wishes to be used for good or evil, to make things better in the world or to fulfill our most selfish desires.
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