The Smartest Man in The Room

2. The Smartest Man in The Room

3. Solomon: A Man For All Seasons

4. 3,000 Proverbs1,005 songs and poems

5. He knew everything... He had everything...

6. He forgot the one thing he should have remembered...

7. The Little White Church [a memory]

9. Those moments when we forgetwho we really are...

10. checks our bodies can’t cash

11. no coloring outside of the lines

12. Or forgetting that there’s aGod who loves us.. who wants the best for us...

13. And who we once held in awe...

14. The first thing you need to know about God is that God wants the best thing for you

15. There was something missingfrom Solomon’s Life

16. 1 Kings 10:1-1310 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.

17. 4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, 5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed. 6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

18. 7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard. 8 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel.

19. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.” 10 And she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.11 (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood

20. to make supports[d] for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.) 13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

22. Does it look like anythingis missing?

23. Proverbs 1:1-7The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: 2 for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight; 3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair; 4 for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—

24. let the wise listen andadd to their learning,and let the discerning get guidance—6 for understanding proverbs and parables,the sayings and riddles of the wise...

25. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

26. “yirah” - fear, reverence, awe...

27. or “beginning...”

28. The first thing...

29. There is purity in the first thing, and innocent trust...

30. When did you lose this?

31. When were you told that you weren’t good enough?

32. What happened to cloud your memory and jade your joy?

33. Mad Men: The Carousel

34. What would it look like for us if we reclaimed the first thing?

35. Could it mean more joy, more contentment... more trust in God?

36. The first thing you need to know about God is that God wants the best thing for you.