LORD, I NEED THE GOOD NEWS OF YOUR WISDOM

Post date: Sep 24, 2017 8:10:59 PM

“Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger dwells in the heart of fools. Do not say why were the old days better than these? For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. Wisdom along with an inheritance is good and an excellent advantage for those who see the sun. For wisdom is a protection even as money is a protection, but the excellent advantage of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the lives of its possessors. Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one as well as the other, so that man will not find out anything that will be after him.” Ecclesiastes 7:9-14. It very true that wisdom has power in itself to guarantee wealth, protect wealth, increase wealth; it also has the power to guarantee good health, protect health and sustain health; it has the power to guarantee freedom from bondage and fear and all forms of uncertainty; it has the power to guarantee the desired future more than wealth can do: wisdom has the power to open closed doors and keep it open for as long as you will want it to remain open; wisdom can keep you relevant and desired despite your age; wisdom can work in any environment, in any society, among any group and still bear its desired fruit; the excellence of wisdom will make attractive before people, and it can expose you to great men and kings in our society. You cannot have the wisdom of God and remain irrelevant and obsolete.

I want you to know money is good but wisdom is best; having money without wisdom will not you the guarantee you need like having money and wisdom together. But please note that wealth is not guaranteed to produce wisdom. Distinguishing wisdom is from God and it is more valuable than knowledge and wealth and power combined. Wisdom will distinguish you in all things from others around you even when you are in the same profession and neighborhood; wisdom is a defense against failures and confusion; it will keep you safe and happy at all times; it will ensure you make few mistakes in your pursuits; it will keep you in good health and keep your steps on the path of God’s glory, and it will ensure you never miss the destiny set for you by the Almighty God long before you were conceived in the womb.

I am convinced that if any of us reading this message now had begun our life journey since we became Christians with seeking God’s wisdom, none of us would have been in any trouble, we would have been far better than we are today; we would have advanced far more than we are today; we would not have made all the mistakes we are struggling to overcome today; we would have been able to have a better and peaceful life than we have today, and we would be very comfortable in everything we do. Every living soul on this earth had made several mistakes in life, but we are grateful that through salvation, God had given a way to correct our mistakes through His wisdom and have protection thereafter. In that Ecclesiastes 7:9-14, we read two interesting things; (1) for wisdom is a protection even as money is a protection: wisdom is here compared to money in terms of protection. There are several things we can do with money and there are several things we can do with wisdom. While we spend several hours each day working for money, do you realize we do not spend equal hours looking for wisdom, yet they can do the same thing for us? Like money which will not come except we labor for it so is wisdom also. We wrongly assume we can just obtain God’s wisdom without laboring for it, by asking from God, giving our heart to listen and our feet to work in His ways, unfortunately, most of us do not even ask, seek wisdom from God. (2) wisdom shields and preserves the lives of its possessors; here we see another better side of wisdom which exceeds money; after wisdom had protected you, it shields you against things that are contrary to the will and plan of God for your life. You must have known by now that there are things attacking and seeking to destroy you in ways you cannot imagine, but we are assured that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.  For Prayers, Click here