Understanding Brings Confidence, Part 1
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7).
We as God’s children must know that God’s Wisdom is what we must acquire in order to operate effectively in this world. Get wisdom. With all your getting of wisdom, you will get understanding. Understanding of how God operates His kingdom is what we need in order to be successful and walk in victory in our lives. Understanding brings confidence to us regarding God’s desire and total ability to take care of us. Yes, God greatly desires, longs for and passionately wants to be the One Who is allowed to give us everything He has----health, prosperity, love, joy, peace, contentment, happiness, and days of heaven on earth in our relationships.
God is not holding back anything from you and me. What happens is that we don’t always understand how to let Him do what He loves to do. He loves to pour out on us His whole kingdom. The challenge is not in His giving. The challenge is in our receiving. We get annoyed when things don’t happen AS we want them to happen, WHEN we want them to happen. We blame God and get upset with those who teach that He is a good God and rewards faith.
God’s Word is true for you and me whether we see it operating in our lives or not. If it is not operating, it is not God’s fault. When we finally accept that fact and swallow our pride and admit that we missed it, then in our humility we can ask the Lord to show us how to receive. We lose battles because we are not assured in our inner man that God will come through for us. After all, we reason, He has not done anything for me so far, and it’s been a long time. It makes no difference how long it has been, God still is waiting with the answer for you. It’s still there. Don’t give up now, when you are so close to winning.
When we say the principal thing is Wisdom, we are saying in essence that the principal or main thing is Christ because He is the Wisdom of God. “But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). (Christ) “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:4).
But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil (Proverbs 1:33, Amplified Bible).
We see here in Proverbs that when we listen to Wisdom (Christ) we will be confident in the Lord. We must daily ask the Holy Spirit of God to guide us with His Wisdom, the Wisdom of God. He guides us in what we read, what we say, where we go, and how we do things. He is our Guide and Teacher and Helper. It is His desire to give us what we have asked for. He desires to give us more than we desire to receive. But desire is not enough. It is a starting point, but we must go beyond that to faith and love and patience. Yes, patience, which is consistently believing God is willing to perform His Word for us and not only willing to but WILL perform His Word for us.
So what if it has been a long time. So what if His Word has not seemed to work in our lives. That does not change the effectiveness of His Word. His Word is still true for you and me. How many times I used to question God and tell Him that I did not understand and get so upset with Him and those around me who seemed to be getting their prayers answered. This is a word in due season for someone. Don’t give up. Never give up. Always go forward. God is there for you. I know from experience that He will not fail you. Continue to trust Him, even when it looks like it is not doing any good. Trust Him. Believe Him. Have confidence in Him. Decide to love Him and believe Him, if you never ever get one prayer answered. He is more important than one answered prayer. Your relationship with Him is vital to your sense of peace and well-being. All of us must come to the point where He is more important than anything we will ever receive from Him. When that happens, the receiving is easy. Love makes receiving easy.
We will finish this teaching tomorrow.
We as God’s children must know that God’s Wisdom is what we must acquire in order to operate effectively in this world. Get wisdom. With all your getting of wisdom, you will get understanding. Understanding of how God operates His kingdom is what we need in order to be successful and walk in victory in our lives. Understanding brings confidence to us regarding God’s desire and total ability to take care of us. Yes, God greatly desires, longs for and passionately wants to be the One Who is allowed to give us everything He has----health, prosperity, love, joy, peace, contentment, happiness, and days of heaven on earth in our relationships.
God is not holding back anything from you and me. What happens is that we don’t always understand how to let Him do what He loves to do. He loves to pour out on us His whole kingdom. The challenge is not in His giving. The challenge is in our receiving. We get annoyed when things don’t happen AS we want them to happen, WHEN we want them to happen. We blame God and get upset with those who teach that He is a good God and rewards faith.
God’s Word is true for you and me whether we see it operating in our lives or not. If it is not operating, it is not God’s fault. When we finally accept that fact and swallow our pride and admit that we missed it, then in our humility we can ask the Lord to show us how to receive. We lose battles because we are not assured in our inner man that God will come through for us. After all, we reason, He has not done anything for me so far, and it’s been a long time. It makes no difference how long it has been, God still is waiting with the answer for you. It’s still there. Don’t give up now, when you are so close to winning.
When we say the principal thing is Wisdom, we are saying in essence that the principal or main thing is Christ because He is the Wisdom of God. “But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). (Christ) “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:4).
But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil (Proverbs 1:33, Amplified Bible).
We see here in Proverbs that when we listen to Wisdom (Christ) we will be confident in the Lord. We must daily ask the Holy Spirit of God to guide us with His Wisdom, the Wisdom of God. He guides us in what we read, what we say, where we go, and how we do things. He is our Guide and Teacher and Helper. It is His desire to give us what we have asked for. He desires to give us more than we desire to receive. But desire is not enough. It is a starting point, but we must go beyond that to faith and love and patience. Yes, patience, which is consistently believing God is willing to perform His Word for us and not only willing to but WILL perform His Word for us.
So what if it has been a long time. So what if His Word has not seemed to work in our lives. That does not change the effectiveness of His Word. His Word is still true for you and me. How many times I used to question God and tell Him that I did not understand and get so upset with Him and those around me who seemed to be getting their prayers answered. This is a word in due season for someone. Don’t give up. Never give up. Always go forward. God is there for you. I know from experience that He will not fail you. Continue to trust Him, even when it looks like it is not doing any good. Trust Him. Believe Him. Have confidence in Him. Decide to love Him and believe Him, if you never ever get one prayer answered. He is more important than one answered prayer. Your relationship with Him is vital to your sense of peace and well-being. All of us must come to the point where He is more important than anything we will ever receive from Him. When that happens, the receiving is easy. Love makes receiving easy.
We will finish this teaching tomorrow.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:06 PM
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