Blessings on Top of Blessings
Solomon became the king at the end of David's life. Then he went to Gibeon to worship the Lord at the place where David had left the tabernacle of meeting. That night God told him to ask for whatever he wanted. Solomon asked for wisdom and understanding to govern God's people. This so pleased God that He gave him riches, possessions, and honor, too, so that Solomon had more than any king before him or after him. (II Chronicles 1:7,10,12) This is a great example of how God gives us blessings on top of blessings when He is pleased with us.
God is a loving Father to His children. He so desires for our hearts to be right with Him and for us to desire the best things, not just good things. Therefore, He is so pleased with us when we want to do the right thing in the right way, He pours out His blessings on us, and He even gives us blessings on top of blessings. When we pray for what He knows we need, He is gracious to add to what we asked. That is just how good God is to His own. I pray that all of us will do a heart check. Let's see if our hearts delight in the Lord so much that we want His will, not our will. When we get to that point, and we pray along those lines, it just could be, He will answer with blessing upon blessing.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Chronicles 2-4.
God is a loving Father to His children. He so desires for our hearts to be right with Him and for us to desire the best things, not just good things. Therefore, He is so pleased with us when we want to do the right thing in the right way, He pours out His blessings on us, and He even gives us blessings on top of blessings. When we pray for what He knows we need, He is gracious to add to what we asked. That is just how good God is to His own. I pray that all of us will do a heart check. Let's see if our hearts delight in the Lord so much that we want His will, not our will. When we get to that point, and we pray along those lines, it just could be, He will answer with blessing upon blessing.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Chronicles 2-4.