Spices and Precious Stones...

Servants and Stewards
1 Corinthians 4:1

This song was written for a gospel message which I gave using 1 Kings 10:1-10. Below the song are the verses which were used to open this portion of 1 Kings 10. The topic was: A Few Hard Questions.

Song

Spices and precious stones, all in abundance,
Gold could her kingdom provide.
Yet for the queen of the kingdom of Sheba,
Troubled she was deep inside.

O why? O why?
Late in the night she would cry.
Deity, destiny all were so troubling,
Knowing one day she would die.

Leaving her kingdom she sought out a person,

One full of wisdom and deeds.

Solomon's fame with the name of Jehovah—

Could this One meet all her needs?

Indeed! Indeed!

All who served Him had no need.

Openly, honestly, she sought Jehovah,

And He fulfilled all her need.

Now in our nation there is an abundance,

Pleasures and riches abound.

Yet deep within is a constant disturbance,

Where can my purpose be found?

Call out! Call out!

Jesus! O Jesus! Call out!

Then you will realize human existence

Only has meaning in God!

by Norman J Minahan

(Use the tune to: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling...
music by Will L Thompson )

Verses

1 Kings 10:1 And the queen of Sheba had heard of Solomon's fame in connection with the name of Jehovah, and she came to test him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with, camels bearing spices and with very much gold and precious stones.. And when she came to Solomon; she spoke all that was on her heart to him. 3 And Solomon answered every matter of hers; there was nothing hidden from the king that he did not answer her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built 5 And the food of his table and the seating of his servants and the service and apparel of his ministers and his cupbearers and his burnt offerings that he offered up at the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, The word that I heard in my land concerning your deeds and your wisdom is true, 7 But I did not believe the words until I came and my own eyes saw. And indeed the half was not told to me; your wisdom and prosperity far, exceed the report that I heard. 8 Happy are your me! Happy are these your servants, who attend you continually and hear your wisdom! 9 Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delighted in you and set you upon the throne of Israel. Because Jehovah loves Israel forever, He has made you king to execute justice and, righteousness. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great store of spices and some precious stones; never again did so great an abundance of spices come as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Our Condition without God

Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 3 What advantage does a man have in all his work which he does under the sun? 4 One generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.

2:23 For all his days are sorrow, and his travail is vexation; even at night his heart does not rest….

3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and every work…. 19 For what happens to the children of men happens also to beasts; even the same thing happens to them both; as the one dies, so dies the other;…

The Source of Our Questions

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its own time; also He has put eternity in their heart, yet so that man does not find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

The Answer

Ecclesiastes 12:13 The end of the matter, when all has been heard, is this: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole of man. 14 For God will bring every deed to judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Matthew 22:36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 And He said to him, ``You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.''

Psalm 73:25 Whom do I have in heaven but You? And besides You there is nothing I desire on earth. 26 My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. 27 For behold, those who are far from You will perish;… 28 But as for me, drawing near to God is good for me; I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,…

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love; into whom though not seeing Him at present, yet believing, you exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.