Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people? – 1 Kings 3:9 (ESV)
What do we ask for from the Lord? How often do we ask that we would be responsible with people? This was Solomon’s prayer – that God would give him wisdom to lead Israel. Often prayers are shortsighted in their scope; they only address our needs of the now. We need the wisdom of God so that we too would be responsible, both in the now and over the long haul.
