Devotion Before Direction

Devotion Before Direction 

Pastor Blake Hanson | 10.8.25

1 Kings 3:3–14 (NLT)

3 Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship. 

4 The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings. 

5 That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” 

6 Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne. 

7 “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. 

8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! 

9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?” 

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. 

11 So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—

12 I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! 

13 And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life! 

14 And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.”

Devotion to God brings from God. 

3 ESSENTIALS OF DEVOTION THAT LEAD TO DIRECTION… 

1.  A LOVE FOR GOD AND HIS  

1 Kings 3:3 (NLT)

3 Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David… 

John 14:21 (NLT)

21 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”

2.   A PLACE OF WORSHIP

1 Kings 3:3–4 (NLT)

3 Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship. 

4 The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.

Psalm 122:1 (NLT)

1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

3.  A DAILY HEART OF  

1 Kings 3:7–9 (NLT)

7 “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. 

8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! 

9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”

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