Happy Listeners
How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
1 Kings 10:8 (NIV)
Sheba's queen admired: how happy your men must be, continually standing before you hearing your wisdom! Love envying listeners. Happiness of daily access to wisdom. Earthly courts reflect, in miniature, the heavenly court. Hearing sages does good; hearing Wisdom saves.
Continually before you: constant presence, never occasional visits. Happy ones dwell, never tour. Love remains; curiosity visits. Solomon's servants heard daily; we may hear hourly through Word and prayer. Continuous access is family privilege, never audience.
And hear your wisdom: hearing is the cited happiness, never seeing gold nor palaces. Sheba ignored treasures celebrating ears. Love values voice above goods. Happy courts listen. Happy churches fill ears before filling eyes. Blessed are hearers keeping.
Today, take your court place: before Him continually, listening attentively. Switch off noises, open the Word, note, obey. Faithful listeners' happiness surpasses occasional tourists' joy. Today's constancy before Him becomes tomorrow's wisdom yours. Hear, keep, live, flourish.
And hear with love: happy ears keep wisdom. Hear with love today. Happy ears keep. Dwell continually. Keep wisdom. Listen well. Listen well and obey quickly. Note truth. Practice daily. Stay near and hear more. Wisdom grows nightly. Understanding dawns.