Hello friends, I came to talk about some thoughts I've been having recently. It's just a little food for thought that I've been eating since and I decided to share it with y'all. It's in form of a little question. If Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived why didn't bro invent anything?
Firstly, I'll like to give a quick recap of Solomon's story. The Bible tells in 1 Kings chapter 3 how King Solomon was made wise by God. Most of us must be conversant with the story, Solomon makes a lot of sacrifices that it pleased God and God asks him to request for anything he wants and he requests for wisdom. God was pleased with this request and said:
Solomon, I’m pleased that you asked for this. You could have asked to live a long time or to be rich. Or you could have asked for your enemies to be destroyed. Instead, you asked for wisdom to make right decisions. So I’ll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.
(1 Kings 3:10-12)
I'll like us to lay emphasis on the last sentence
So I'll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.
So, that was what God did and Solomon became very wise according to the Bible. But why then didn't he invent anything? With all his wisdom.
Now, someone might start thinking, wisdom is not about invention or creation and one might try to distinguish wisdom from intelligence. I might even agree with whatever points that person might raise, but take a look at some things I'll point out, one thing that wisdom surely is is the ability to solve problems and profer reasonable solutions to the problems people are facing.
And of course people, mankind was facing a lot of problems by then, there was surely need for better and faster transportation, better arms for war, better lighting, better and faster communication, etc. King Solomon in all his wisdom should have surely averred his mind to stuffs like this and lend his great wisdom to us and created some equipments that would have solved most of our problems since 990 BC.
I'm talking electricity or maybe something else better, who knows what else his wisdom could have come up with.
And you can't say he lacked resources, cos bro was so rich and was surrounded by all the most educated men in the land. Even if he didn't really know he'll know the right questions to ask and have a lot of people to do the dirty jobs and etcetera.
So that's how it is, things that have been occupying my thoughts. You shouldn't try to judge this, it's just food for thought and completely harmless. You can say what you think right below, in the comment box.
Thanks so much for reading! I love you all!
