In other words - seeking after knowledge of God has to be a major priority in a believer's life. We cannot spiritually grow and develop in Lord unless we have His knowledge worked into us that will cause this spiritual growth to occur in first place. And you can't get this knowledge worked into you unless you are first seeking after it!

Seek and then you will find. But reverse is also true - don't seek, and you will not find. And if you don't find knowledge of God for your life - then Holy Spirit will not have anything to work with to start transformation and sanctification process within you.

Grab a hold of these two verses and statements that God is making to Solomon - all because he got this ball rolling by simply asking God for His knowledge to help rule his people.

1. "Therefore 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?"

   And speech pleased Lord that Solomon had asked for this thing.

   Then God said to him: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked 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 also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among kings all your days. So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." (1 Kings 3:9-14)

    

2. "So King Solomon surpassed all kings of earth in riches and wisdom. And all earth sought presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart." (1 Kings 10:23)

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• Let no one deceive you. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. FOR THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS WITH GOD. For it is written, "He catches wise in their own craftiness," and again, "The Lord knows thoughts of wise, that they are futile." Therefore let no one glory in men." (1 Corinthians 3:18)  
• "But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing will be there. But wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy." (James 3:14)

Notice that God calls this kind of wisdom earthy, sensual and demonic - and that it is not from Him. That is why God says in first verse that wisdom of this world is foolishness in His eyes. In others words - it is a joke! All of these people who are choosing to live their lives in this kind of dog eat dog environment are heading down wrong road.

Once God starts to really work with you and starts transmitting His knowledge to you on a lot different areas of your life - you will really be able to start to see truth on a lot of different things - not only in your own personal life, but also with world in general. Once that knowledge has been released to you and you have full understanding of it - God will expect you to believe in it and act on it when you are faced with temptation to go with wisdom of world rather than with wisdom of God. Always remember who you serve. You serve and follow God and His ways for your life - not ways and wisdom of this world.

Article written by Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries. Their website is a resource of Bible commentary and teaching.