Jase Robertson

Awesome.

It's a good ask.

If we just had people saying that in leadership.

Yeah.

So God said to him, since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth or for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies, but for discernment and administering justice, 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.

So that's why I said he was very wise because God gave him this discerning heart.

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.

Isn't it interesting that with the blessing comes something that's going to be his greatest challenge, which is actually success.

Which is why I think this is the backdrop to the book of James, and I think it's the backdrop to Jesus becoming the king of kings because he kind of fulfills where this went wrong.

But he takes it with the good things, but then he enhances it in a kind of an upside-down kingdom where this is true greatness, which ends where we get to that crown with Jesus wearing a crown of thorns for his people on a cross.

Yeah.

And I quit reading at verse 14 of 1 Kings 3, but he also said, now he did have a little condition here.

There is an if.

He said, and if.

Now he just said, since you didn't ask for long life or all these riches and all this, I'm going to give you all that too, because you asked the right question.

You know, you want discernment.

But there is an if.

He said, and if you walk.