Know God, Great Wisdom Series

There are very clever people in this world. Some people have spent many hours studying to get degrees and other qualifications. We can read books and listen to lectures and speeches on various topics. It is possible to read manuals on how to fly an airline carrier.

However, no matter how much you have studied or read it will be impossible to get into the seat of a pilot and fly the airplane just on the reading you have done. You have to practically train behind the controls and get practical instructions on taking off and landing before you will be able to be a pilot. Knowledge is not experience but knowledge and experience together give you wisdom. There is wisdom that has little to do with cognitive development or education.

This wisdom has everything to do with the anointing of God to discern between what is right and what is wrong, to know what to do and when to do it. You and I both know that this wisdom does not come along with a diploma or certification. Cry out to God, and he will answer you and anoint you with wisdom.

2 Chronicles 1:7-11 On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask! What shall I give you?” 8 And Solomon said to God: “You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great person of Yours?” 11 Then God said to Solomon: “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life—but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king—

Let us define Godly Wisdom

Proverbs 24:3-4 Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; 4 By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

There are steps to building the House of the Lord. I am not speaking about a building built with bricks and mortar. Wisdom is building your life on the rock which is Jesus

First, the house is built through wisdom. Obedience to God’s Word directly to you.

Secondly, the house is established through understanding what you have learned through sermons, teachings, books, or other means of learning.

Thirdly the rooms are filled with precious pleasant riches. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

In Matthew 6 leading up to this verse, we read about what, you wear, what you eat, and where you live. Wisdom is to seek first the Kingdom; Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Luke 6:46-49 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

It is foolish to build on money, fame, and human wisdom. Your body is the house of the Lord. In the Old Testament God gave exact instructions on how the physical temple had to be built. How much more is the temple which is your body? I would say God knows what is best for your life. Follow His instructions.

Psalm 138:8 states that God will “perfect” whatever concerns us. This means that He is working all things for our good (Romans 8:28), that He has a perfect plan for our lives and He will move heaven and earth to accomplish it.

Romans 12:1 beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.