In today's first reading, (1 Kings 3:5, 7-12), the young King Solomon is given the option to ask God for anything. He chooses wisdom and it pleases God. Solomon was humble enough to know that his kingship did not provide him with all the answers and he would continually need to learn over the years so as to rule justly, prudently and with the good of the people as a priority.
As we go our merry ways, do we develop a kind of smugness that leads us to think that we "know it all" and do not need to be taught? Usually there are enough humbling experiences to remind us that we don't, but we balk at them because they have intruded on our entitled self-sufficiency.
May we humbly ask today, as did Solomon, for the Lord to teach us wisdom and to grant us the humility to remain teachable in the days ahead.
Bro. Rene
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