The sermon is based on the question asked of Solomon by God in the seventh verse of the first chapter of 2 Chronicles: "In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, ‘Ask what I shall give you.’ "

Imagine yourself alone at night in your own home. Your wife or the husband is gone for the evening, visiting with family in another city. All the kids are elsewhere. It’s been a strange kind of night for you. You watched a little television but found it silly to watch by yourself.

You started into a book, and it really was, for one time in your life, too quiet to read. You ran the bath water and soaked in the hottest temperature you could stand, but there’s no one to tell how good that made you feel. Finally, it’s time for bed. Lights are switched off, doors locked, clothes are placed in …