Discerning judgment

Scripture: "Since you (Solomon) have asked for this," God said, "and not asked for long life for yourself or riches or the lives of your enemies but have asked for a discerning judgment for yourself, here and now I do what you ask, I give you a heart wise and shrewd as no one has had before and no one will have after you. What you have not asked I shall give you too." 1 Kings 3:11-12

Prayer: I also—if it is not too late—ask for a discerning heart to do your will.

Response: And know that it is never too late. In fact, it is in the aging limbs, the loss of what were once all-consuming goals, in a gentleness that overcomes competitive zeal that discernment takes root and flourishes to the Lord's purpose.

What more can be said but the suggestion that you observe this discernment, gentleness, quiet fervor, and stillness of spirit in those you encounter. There will be times that you will have to search as if for a treasure buried in a vast field—but it is worth the search; at other times in your life, you might be in the midst of such souls as if you had enrolled in a select academy; and at other times still, you will recall such meetings but only now realize the blessing you received in such companionship as if a seed is finally coming to fruition in your life.

Estimate with discernment where you are, or rather in whose company you are traveling now, who are those in whose company you were once blessed, and what treasure still lies hidden—perhaps quite close.