A Queen Visits a King
There was once a king called Solomon, and he was king of Israel. He was very famous throughout all the land for his great wisdom. Visitors came from every land to hear him speak words of wisdom, and to listen to the beautiful songs he wrote. Many of his proverbs and songs are found in the Bible – in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon.
One day the Queen of Sheba heard that Solomon had received great wisdom from the Lord. She wanted to find out if he was as wise as people said. She travelled many miles over sandy, hot deserts by camel to meet him. In her baggage she brought rich gifts for this great king of Israel.
As the long line of camels came near to Jerusalem she saw the great Temple that Solomon had built. "What a splendid city Jerusalem is," she thought. When she eventually got to talk with Solomon, she asked him many hard questions, but Solomon answered them all. There was nothing he could not explain to her. When the queen heard all his answers she was glad she had come. She said, "I did not believe all the things I heard about you, but now I know only half of your greatness and wisdom has been told me. Your people must be very glad they can hear your wisdom. Blessed be the Lord your God, who loves you and has made you king of Israel."
Wasn't that wonderful, that the queen, when she met Solomon was not disappointed in him, and more especially, that she was able to see and hear from Solomon that his greatness was given to him by God. It is very important that people in authority can be trusted.
You know boys and girls, we can learn a good lesson from this story, and that is – when we say we trust in Jesus and are followers of Jesus, that the things we do and say do not in any way make people disappointed in Jesus. We have to be good examples, just like Solomon. The Queen of Sheba was not disappointed in him and so she recognised the power and glory of God. Let us all try to be good examples for Jesus.