Ask anything?

It has been really nice listening to Kwave in the morning and listening to sermons while I drop the baby off at daycare and run to work. I was listening to Chuck Smith and he is teaching in 1 Kings 3. So just as Chuck Smith asked the question, so will I ask the question.

What if the Lord came to you and said, Ask me for anything and I will give it to you. What would you ask for?

4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

6 Solomon answered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

7 "Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both riches and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life." 15 Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream.

I think if you were truly honest with yourself, this answer could give you a better idea of where you need to be in your walk with the Lord. Your answer to this question can be really revealing, because how you answer this question I think reveals truly where your heart is. Is it of worldly things or of spiritual things? Would you ask for a closer walk with the Lord, a deeper knowledge of His ways, or would you ask for a house or more money?