If you are a parent saving for your child’s education, sit down before you read this. CNN recently reported that Sarah Lawrence College is the most expensive institute of higher education in the nation. The total for tuition, room, board and other required fees: $65,480 per year. A separate study found that the median starting salary for a Sarah Lawrence graduate is $38,600. Some advisors question the wisdom of obtaining knowledge at such a high cost and with such a low return.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon…there was no more breath in her.

I Kings 10:4-5

The cost of knowledge can be measured – but wisdom is invaluable. Little is known about the Queen of Sheba, but one thing is certain: she sought out wisdom. She could have purchased knowledge and had it delivered to her. Wisdom, Sheba recognized, could only be garnered from certain, select sources. The queen traveled a thousand miles or more, at great risk and cost, to personally hear Solomon’s wisdom so that she might increase her own.

As you pray for America today, plead for wisdom…for yourself and for your nation’s leaders and its citizens. Unlike a college education, God gives it freely to all who ask.

Recommended Reading: James 3:13-18