Attending
To Wisdom
My
child, if you accept my words and treasure up my
commandments within you, making your ear
attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to
understanding; if you indeed cry out for
insight, and raise your voice for
understanding; if you seek it like silver,
and search for it as for hidden treasures
-- then you will understand the fear of the
LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the
LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge
and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom
for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk
blamelessly, guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
Proverbs 2:1-8 (NRSV)
There is an old hymn we used to sing called
"Wonderful Words of Life". God's words
really are "beautiful
words......wonderful words". When
we study and meditate on God's Words, we hear
from God as He speaks to us. His Word
gives us instructions to be successful in our
life while on earth and leads us in right paths
all the way home to Glory. Where our
treasure is, our heart will be also. Do we
treasure the word of the Lord? "For the
word of the Lord is right; and all his works are
done in truth." {Ps. 33: 4}. "A
good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things; and an evil
man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth
evil things.".......Matt. 12: 35. If we
have good treasure stored within our hearts we
will speak good things and glorify our Father
which is in heaven.
As we study the Bible and treasure up the commands
of the Lord while attending to wisdom; our
hearts will be turned to God. We are to ask
Him for revelation knowledge
and understanding. Just as people seek
after silver and search for it as if for hidden
treasure, so we should seek the wisdom of
God. His wisdom will preserve and
keep us. He will be as a shield to us
as we walk before him in truth and guard
righteousness.
There are many wonderful promises in God's Words
which we can claim and receive by being
obedient. We must seek wisdom and knowledge
of God and He will freely give us godly
understanding. May we desire with our whole
heart the treasures of the Lord. His
treasures will be revealed to us if we will only
seek Him. He has promised to answer and be
there if we seek and call unto Him with our whole
heart. He will show us great and mighty
things which we know not. (Jer. 33: 3)
The conditions to receive these promises are (if)
we will only hear, accept his words, and
treasure his commands.
This is not asking much of his children and we
should desire to be pleasing to Him. May we
see and seek all He has for us today in diligence
and faith as he opens the 'eyes of our
understanding'.
We can move as close as we want into his presence
as we walk through this life. Will we make a
decision to draw nigh today unto Him?
With open arms He will welcome and receive us as
he whispers sweet peace to our soul.
The choice is ours and the choices we make today
determine the outcome of tomorrow's challenges in
this life. Preparation by meditation and
communion with the Lord paves the pathway of
our lives with
success and victory. Let God's "wonderful
words of life" speak to your heart
today.
Blessings in Christ,
Jo Ann
J. P.'s Inspirations (c) 2002
"But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the power
may be of God, and not of us." (2 Cor. 4: 7.)
Word
of God
The Word of God is a Word of life,
Sent from the Father up above,
Each promise written to us,
Is sealed with the Son's own blood.
In good times or in bad....
His Word will always stand,
Bringing new life and hope
As his blood washes away all sin,
Words of life and beauty,
Tell us of a love so true,
A love that makes a sinner a new creation,
Puts away old things, making all things new.
Follow on in God's Word.... it revives and
refills,
There is no other word....... that can save and
heal.
Sing them over and over'...his goodness to declare
Until the day of his appearing....His glory we
will share.
J. P.'s Inspirations (c) 2002
God's
Riches Of Wisdom
In
the World you shall have tribulation.....
John 16:33.
"O the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom
and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are
his judgments, and his ways past finding
out."
.Romans 11: 33
We all need wisdom and knowledge of the Lord to
make right decisions and serve God as he
desires. Wisdom is also defined as 'prudence
and understanding' from a Greek word
meaning "the mind". Another
meaning of wisdom is "the ability
to discern modes of action with a proper view
to their results." Believers are
endowed with spiritual and also practical
understanding if they only seek the mind of Christ
in prayer. He tells us he will not withhold
wisdom from those who ask Him in faith
believing. He is such a loving Saviour.
When we are guided only by our natural senses,
we miss what God wants us to discern. We pray
amiss if we are guided by what we see or hear and
do not seek his higher wisdom from above.
Sometimes people will see much later the
times their own discernment has mislead
them.
Then they will understand what could have
been accomplished if they had only sought God's
wisdom instead of earthly wisdom or the
reports of others. This is why it is of
utmost importance to seek the wisdom of God in
everything we do or say to have proper
discernment. His wisdom will always give us
a proper view as to the results He desires.
Walking by faith and not by sight will never fail
us. God's wisdom is worth more than silver or gold
as it helps us prepare for our heavenly home while
living in
peace and joy on Earth. God's ways are not
our ways, and his judgments past finding
out. We will never understand all the
things of the Lord until we are glorified, but He
will teach us through Holy Spirit how to walk in
his ways of truth and discern the things that
are of His Spirit.
We will always have tribulation while on this
Earth, but can take comfort in Jesus as He has
overcome the World. We are overcomers only
through the 'Living Word', which is our
testimony; and by his blood shed for us.
This "Word" of our testimony was the
perfect sacrifice and spotless Lamb of God who
makes us overcomers.
His Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto
our path to lead us onward. He has many
riches and blessings along the way to freely
share with all who seek Him. May we ask the
Lord for his wisdom daily with full assurance He
will answer. His help is always there for
all who ask in "faith
believing".
Wisdom
of God is a 'tree of life' to them that lay
hold; and happy is everyone who retaineth her.
Prov. 3: 18
Blessings in Christ,
Jo Ann
J. P.'s Inspirations (c) 2001
Fear
of the Lord is Wisdom
"Since you died, as it were, with Christ and
this has set you free from following the world's
ideas of how to be saved....by doing good and
obeying various rules.....why do you keep right on
following them anyway, still bound by such rules.
Col. 2: 20
When we are in Christ, we are a new
creation. Old things are passed away and
everything becomes new. We cannot please
Christ by following rules and regulations as
those under the law sought to please God and gain
salvation. We are only to fear God and
keep his commandments. Fear of man is a
snare but "awe" of God is wisdom and
will bring understanding. We must have
reverance for God which will give us Godly wisdom.
Reverance will give us a desire to truly praise
him by living a lifestyle of worship.
Paul was not telling us in this Scripture that
regulations and rules are not good, but was saying
the keeping of rules, laws or regulations does not
earn us salvation. No matter what we do to
be righteous, it is only by "His
finished" work we are justified and
made whole. Salvation only comes through the
finished work of Christ. The laws of
Christ are to be obeyed and the greatest of these
are the laws of love. When we love God with
all our heart and our neighbor as our self, the
other laws which hinge on the greatest
commandment are easy to obey.
Man made religions focus on man made rules and
rituals which practice religion instead of a
'living relationship'. Right living is a result of
our right relationship with Christ and only comes
after we receive Him and have a
changed heart. Keeping rules to gain
salvation as some man-made religions focus is not
our goal. True Christianity will naturally
give us a change of heart
when we take up our cross daily and follow the
Lord. We will then have a desire to
keep God's rules and be in order where ever
we may be placed in the Body of Christ. Our
salvation depends on the power of Christ's death
and resurrection and what we do with it in our
lives. It is not by might or power, but by His
Spirit.
It is a work of the marvelous grace of God that we
are now a spiritual being, created in the image
and likeness of God. Our new life will give us a
fear of the Lord to reverance him with "true
worship" and shun the very appearance of
evil. True worship always has goals to bless
God first and see others brought to altars of
repentance, restoration, and reconciliation that
God might be glorified. We can be thankful
as Christ's resurrection guarantees new life now
and also eternal life with Him. Rejoice in
the Lord for the God of our salvation reigns in
righteousness forever! He will prove his
power to the Nations and protect his people from
the snare of the enemy. We have victory in Jesus
and our names are written down in the Lamb's Book
of Life.
Blessings in Christ,
Jo Ann
J. P.'s Inspirations
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