Seek First His Kingdom

• In the Bible, there’s a word that you read that has to do with currency and money. And it is a word called talent. They used a talents to measure the money and the weight of money. And a talent was considered 75. A talent of gold was 75 pounds. at $1,500 an ounce around what it is now up and down. But at 1,500 an ounce, that would be $1.
• 6 million. This text is talking about Solomon and how God blessed him. And he, the scripture said, had 666 talents of gold each year valued at 1.9 billion a year that he would receive. He started out very humble. He started out with a generous heart. And when he dedicated the temple that he built to God, he sacrificed 120,000 sheep and and tens of thousands of oxen, the ch the choice ones and offered him to God.
• And God was so moved by his sacrifice that that night when he was asleep in his bed, God came in his bedroom and God woke him from his sleep and God said, “What do you want? What do you want? I’m asking you.” I I’ve told God what I wanted. I’ve never had God come to me and ask me what I I wanted. But he did this man and he said, “Whatever you want, I’m going to give it to you.