Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."
(2Ch 9:8)
I love this. Notice where all of the queen of Sheba’s praise and honor is directed. It ultimately goes to the Lord and not to Solomon. She had seen the kingdom, the treasures, the Wisdom of Solomon; but it wasn’t presented in a way that raised Solomon up to some sort of “God-Like” status. Instead, when she looked at Solomon and all he had accomplished, it caused her to praise the Lord.
This is the kind of witness we want to be. We want people to look at our lives and we accomplish and see God, not us. The difference between what they see and who gets the credit will depend greatly on us. If we talk about “I,I,I” all the time, then there is no way the glory can go to the Lord… but if we talk about “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus” and how He has done great things in and through us, then the glory will be His.
The queen of Sheba didn’t believe the initial report. She was skeptical. But once she came and saw for herself, she couldn’t help but praise the Lord. I pray this is the effect we will have on those around us!
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