1 Kings 10:8

She has moved from his person to the words of his mouth. From there to all that his hands have made, and to all that surrounds him. She has found nothing but perfections. This is how every soul comes to know Christ. One hears about Him, and this stirs the interest of a heart in need. One goes to find Him, for He is easy to reach. One enters into relationship with Him; He answers the needs of the heart. One admires Him and adores Him in hymns of praise. One says with the queen: "My eyes have seen. You surpass everything I had heard about You." One counts happy His men and His servants who stand continually before Him and hear His wisdom.

All the kings of the earth sought his presence, to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. "To behold the face of the king" was the supreme privilege; anyone he let into his presence could count himself happy. "Happy… your servants," said the queen, "who stand continually before you." … To see the king's face is to enter into his friendship.

It was a privilege for these servants to serve the king because they could look on the king's face.

But a greater than Solomon is our Master, for we "serve the Lord Christ." Are His men happy? Are His servants happy who stand continually before Him and hear His wisdom? Ask those who know.

The privilege of Solomon's servants was great. Far greater is the privilege of those who know the blessedness of the Lord's presence. When on earth, the Lord said to His disciples privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it" (Luke 10:23-24). The privilege of the disciples on earth was great. Far greater is the privilege of Christians now: to hear all that Christ speaks, and to see by the Spirit the wide range of His glories.

And it is more of this wonder of Sheba that we want. We too easily talk about God's things as though they held no more preciousness and excellence than our hearts could measure. But secret after secret comes out from the wisdom of the greater than Solomon. Surely our souls should then say, "Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!"

She shows no envy in speaking of the Lord delighting in Solomon and setting him on the throne of Israel. She expressed her genuine joy in Solomon and in Israel. This will be the attitude of those nations in the millennium who have been born again. Through the ages the nations have resented Israel, because God has chosen Israel as His earthly people. But there is no doubt that the Queen of Sheba had been born of God.