true wisdom can be seen

Lord, I must confess...
I have behaved
​as a Queen of Sheba toward others.

Now when the queen of Sheba heard
of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the Lord,
she came to test him with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:1 NKJV

But as You grant these years to pass,
my days added by Your grace,
I am ever grateful
for the lessons You teach me.

And humility is certainly
a difficulty lesson to learn.

She came to Jerusalem
with a very great retinue...
she spoke with him
about all that was in her heart.
So Solomon answered all her questions;
there was nothing so difficult
for the king that he could not explain it to her.
1 Kings 10:2-3

I have tested others.
I have believed I knew more.
I have found myself, as this queen...
set straight, learning that my pride
got ahead of my faith.

In those times I decided,
"I've got this one, Lord.
I prayed about it yesterday.
But I take it back today.
Because I figured out a plan.
And I know just what I'll do."
Until the door, and the window...
and the crack of any opportunity
was circumstantially shut
by someone wiser and
more experienced than myself.

And I stood there...
the breath knocked plumb out of me...
just like this one,
testing and less of spirit.

And when the queen of Sheba
had seen all the wisdom of Solomon...
the house that he had built,
the food on his table,
the seating of his servants,
the service of his waiters
and their apparel,
his cupbearers,
and his entryway by which
he went up to the house of the Lord,
there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10:4-5

For now I understand, Lord.
Wisdom is not something I simply acquire...
inside of me.
It is something I put into action
that can be SEEN by others
because I have put to use
what You have given,
when I listen and learn.

Solomon did not simply sit around
and think, and think and think.

That is not true wisdom!
Rather, he was a hard worker,
an excellent organizer,
a great manager and
delegator of action and tasks.

Solomon got things done!
He had much to show for the wisdom
You gave.

Wisdom can be seen!
I get that now.

Word of God,
train me, today...
to put to use those things that I formerly just pondered,
to be productive today so that others may witness the wisdom that You provide.

Lord,
I long not only
for the wisdom of thought,
but of action as well.

Make me
productive,
efficient,
organized and
powerful.

Not to command others,
but to command my will...
to action.

Lord,
I long for others to see
the wisdom You provide.
That I will be happy
and prosperous,
​and that You will delight in me.