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God who's delighted and you set you on the throne of Israel because the Lord loves Israel.

He's made you king talking to Solomon that you may execute justice and righteousness,

but what's interesting about this verse is this language is coming from Queen Sheba,

a pagan queen from a place that worships foreign gods is coming to Solomon seeing his wisdom,

seeing the way he is executing justice and righteousness and what is she doing?

She's giving glory to Yahweh to God. Oh, don't miss the picture here.

It's what we see all over the Bible. God blesses his people for the spread of his glory to all peoples.

God gives Solomon wisdom to execute justice and righteousness. Why?

Yes, for Solomon's good, yes, for the good of the people of Israel, but ultimately,

for the glory of God among the nations, so that a pagan queen would come and declare,

blessed be the Lord your God, so that the nations might see the goodness and the greatness and

the glory of God in his blessing on his people. Do you see it? God's blessing is never intended

to center on us. His blessing is always intended to spread through us, specifically to spread

through us to the nations. This is what we see from the very beginning, Genesis chapter 12,

when God says, Abraham, I want to bless you so that through you and your family,

all the peoples, all the nations and the families of the earth would be blessed.

We know this is where all history is headed. Every nation, tribe, and tongue,

Revelation 7 gathered around the throne of God, singing praises to him for his goodness and his

grace and his salvation. God's purpose is to bless his people for the spread of his glory to all

peoples. You see it like global mission is not like a compartmentalized program in the church

for a select few people who care about that. Global mission is the purpose of God in the world,

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