Pearls of Wisdom

God’s Word is full of Him, Who is Wisdom. Jesus is spoken of as the Wisdom of God. In the Bible the book of Proverbs is a definite book of wisdom, which is to be studied. This page is dedicated to bringing the wisdom of God’s Word to you so that you may find daily wisdom for your own life.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Two Keys To Victory

In the past several weeks during my Bible study and prayer time, I have seen two keys to victory in this Christian walk. Actually, they would apply to anyone. The greatest key is thankfulness, having a heart of gratitude and the other one is calling.

Let me explain “calling.” When we encounter a problem in our lives, we are not to focus on the problem and talk about it. Rather, we are to call to ourselves what we want. Are you sick? Don’t discuss your ailments. Call yourself healthy and well. Do you lack money? Don’t talk about how broke you are. Call yourself prosperous. Is your marriage failing? Don’t talk about how bad things are to your best friend and berate your mate. Rather, call your marriage one that is a healthy one. Are your children out of the will of God? Don’t discuss their failings and shortcomings with everyone. Call them saved, full of the Spirit of God and serving Him with fire and passion. Even in the natural, we call things which are not there. If you want to feed the dog, you call him and he comes running to be fed. Even so, if healing is not there, call it to you. It will come. It will materialize. The one thing we must not do, though, is to get frustrated, quit and say it does not work, when it does not materialize instantly.

There is nothing like a heart of gratitude for what you have, focusing on the good things you have. If all we do is gripe and complain about what we don’t have, it opens the door for satan to come and steal even more from us. Complaining is deadly. It lost the Israelites their place of joy and brought death in the camp. Complaining is serious business. It will bring destruction to our lives.

My dear reader, there is power in our thoughts and in our words. Let’s focus on the good and watch the bad disintegrate into dust that can be blown away in a moment of time.

Romans 4:17
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth (quicken means, brings life to) the dead, and CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE.

1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

According to these two scriptures, do you see what thanksgiving does? Thanksgiving gives us the victory and causes us to triumph in Christ and makes manifest or visible the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of God (the way He operates His Kingdom) for us and others. Do you want victory in the situation in which you find yourself? Then start being thankful for what you have. It will open the door for God to move on your behalf and shut the door to satan’s tricks and destruction.