1 Kings 10:3

"She came to hear the wisdom of Solomon." The queen was a person of remarkable intelligence, and nothing escaped her. But from the moment she heard about Solomon she had only one thought: to test his wisdom. Wisdom for her meant having none of her own and seeking it from another. It was hard questions that she brought to him. She had no shortage of them. The world is full of puzzles that man has never yet solved. Creation holds mysteries, and Job could not answer the simplest of them. The life of the body holds mysteries. So does the soul, and so does good and evil in the world. So does the hidden life after death, and so does eternal life. It is all mystery, a dark riddle. Man cannot read the unknown writing of this book. God must reveal its secrets. Without a direct revelation from God, man's poor, limited spirit comes to a standstill at the very first question, in front of a wall he cannot climb.

When she "heard of the fame of Solomon" she came. But that fame was not about his poetic powers, his literary skill, or his wide knowledge of natural history. It was "concerning the name of the LORD." So she came down to see this extraordinary king, raised up to reign over the people of the LORD. She discovered that he had an extraordinary knowledge of God. He answered all her questions, and they were not about natural history or gardening or proverbs or poetry — but ABOUT GOD.

She opens her heart to Solomon. The secrets of her heart come out into the open (1 Cor. 14:25), and they meet a perfect response from the one from whom nothing is hidden. In meeting Solomon, she has found God Himself. God is truly there, stooping down in mercy to bring full light into this soul. He leaves no room for a doubt or for a question without an answer. The king has the secret of all things. He does not keep it to himself. He shows that God's secret is with those who fear Him (Ps. 25:14).

Solomon answered all the hard questions that the queen of Sheba asked. But both the Old and New Testaments ask questions that Solomon could not have answered, and the Lord Jesus Christ answered them. Agur son of Jakeh asks in Proverbs 30:4, "What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know?" Jesus answers it in His own Person, for He revealed the Father's name.

Solomon answered all of her questions, for there was nothing too difficult for him (v.3). In this he pictures the Lord Jesus, though his wisdom was far inferior to that of the Lord. The Lord can answer far deeper questions than the queen of Sheba asked — such as how to be sure our sins are forgiven, and how to deal with our inborn sinful nature. The New Testament raises many more questions like these. Solomon did not have them and could not have answered them in his day.

All her difficulties disappeared, for "Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king that he could not explain to her." It is just the same when the heart turns to Christ. And to whom else can we go but to Him? Have we wrestled with those great problems about our sins, our sinful self, our past, our present, our future? Do questions about how we stand with God and with other people disturb our peace and weigh us down? He has said, "Come to me … I will give you rest." What a relief it is to lay our burdens at His feet, and to place ourselves there and learn from Him.