Wisdom, the key to building things

Proverbs 24:3“Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established”

 Wisdom is a principal thing in life. Thus, anytime you avail yourself to be guided by wisdom you accomplish great things.

You see, when God’s wisdom or the wisdom from above becomes functional in your life, you automatically become a builder in life.

The wisdom of God in a person’s life gives him or her the know how to start awesome things in life. Because wisdom teaches you how to apply accurately and practically what you know. Wisdom will teach you when to act and what to do at any particular time.

Proverbs 24:3 says, “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established”.

You see, wishes never builds anything. You have to be guided by wisdom to get things done in life.

Anything that you want to build will only happen when you have the wisdom for that. Wisdom ensures the success of whatever you build or want to build. You need wisdom to build a ministry, you need wisdom to have a career, you need wisdom to marry and stay married, you need wisdom to manage your finances, etc.

The Bible said of Jesus that He did mighty things because of wisdom.

See Mark 6:2 “And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?”

Wisdom always produces great results. Let the wisdom in God’s Word guide you in your daily life.

Read: Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding”

 Prayer: Father, thank you for the divine wisdom you have deposited in my spirit. I pray for grace to continually exercise this wisdom in all my endeavors.

 

Focus on him 

Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward”

 God desires to have your attention. He knows if He has your attention, He can lead and guide you in the destiny He’s planned for you. He knows what’s best for you, and what your life should be. There’s therefore nothing for you to worry over, except to live confidently and joyfully in His Word every day. Living in the Word will cause you to walk in the inheritance and destiny He’s ordained for you.

Focus on the Lord. Give Him your all. Delight yourself in Him, and in the fact that He lives in you. He’s everything you need. To have Him is to have everything. In Genesis 15:1, the Lord said to Abraham, “…I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” That means “I’m all you need; in me, you have everything!” All you need in life is Christ, for Christ is everything.

 You see, for you to be notable in life, let Him be all that your heart longs for. Let Him be all that thrills and satisfies your soul. Never allow anything distract or take your focus away from serving Him as you should. Set your attention and affection on Him and on the things He cares about. Be a soul winner. Your affection shouldn’t be on the transient things of this world: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:1-2).

 All that you are, and all that you have, are in Him. Your greatness is in Him. He’s your reason for being therefore, focus on Him and live for Him.

 Read: Ps 34:5 “They looked unto him and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.”

Prayer: Dear Father, I worship and praise you for giving me insight, understanding, and the ability to set my heart and focus on you to see things only from your perspective. Lord grant me grace to serve you with all sincerity, commitment, and a wholehearted devotion

 

Create The Future You Desire

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” 

You will always reap what you sow. This is God’s order about life. This truth must therefore guide what you want to sow in life. 

The Lord Jesus, in narrating the parable of the sower, said, “A sower went out to sow his seed…” (Luke 8:5). Then in the eleventh verse, He explained that the seed the sower sowed was the Word of God, letting us know that words are seeds, and that what you sow is what you reap. 

You see, if you sow the right words into your life and future, they’ll produce the right harvest. Your words are important; you must learn to steer your life in God’s direction with the right words. Jesus said you shall have what you say (Mark 11:23). 

Beloved, you can’t keep speaking negatively and expect to have an excellent life. No, it will never happen. You will reap what you have sown. Proverbs 15:4 says, “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” A wholesome tongue is one that speaks life, health, righteousness, and abundance.

Perverseness, on the other hand, means crookedness; inconsistent and contradictory choice of words that deform and destroy the human spirit! Many unknowingly bruise their spirits when they speak words that are inconsistent with the provisions in God’s word. This is why you must consistently talk right. 

Speak forth the blessed Word of God and sustain yourself in the transcendent life. Your life goes in the direction of your words. If your words are excellent, your life will be excellent. Your life today isn’t an accident; it’s the result of all the words that you’ve been speaking, positive or negative. 

Thus, you create the future you desire with your words! Only speak words that are consistent with the glorious life of righteousness, peace, health, wealth, and joy that God has made available to you in Christ Jesus.

Read: Isaiah 55:10 “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater.”

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for the power you have vested in me through words. By this power in your Word I speak life, health, and I walk in victory always, and live triumphantly. Amen 

Emulate Him In Your Love-walk

Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith” 

Your maturity as a Christian is measured by the love of God that you express to others. 

Romans 13:8-10 says, “Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law…. love is the fulfilling of the law.” 1 John 3:14 says, “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”

The new creation is created to love. Observe our opening verse again; it doesn’t say, “But the fruits of the spirit are…”; rather, it’s specific. It says, “…the fruit of the spirit is love…,” letting you know that love is the dominant fruit of the recreated human spirit. It’s important that you understand and walk in the dimensions of God’s love.

In Ephesians 3:16-19, Paul reveals the four dimensions of God’s love: the breadth, length, depth, and height of His love. He then prays for the Church to comprehend these facets of divine love: “…that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God” (Ephesians 3:17-19).

You can only give what you have, and the more you have something, the more of it you can give. So, how full are you of His love? How much love can you give, and how much can your love endure?

The Lord Jesus said in John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” Let love flow out freely through you at all times.

Let your words and actions be love-motivated, because only such receive God’s blessings and approval. God, in Christ, demonstrated His love, and also gave you the ability to love like Him (Romans 5:5).

Emulate Him in your love-walk. “THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance” (Ephesians 5:1-2 AMP).

Read: 1 Cor 13:1-4 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.”

Prayer:  Dear Lord, thank you for imparting my spirit with love. Thank you for giving me the ability to love even in difficult situations.

Glorify God in your body

1 Corinthians 6:19
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit; it’s God’s house. 1 Corinthians 6:20 says, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” You’re to glorify God in your body as well as your spirit. This means you can’t afford to have your body ravaged by sin, Satan, sickness and disease. You must say, “No” to the devil, to cancer, asthma, leukemia, or any kind of sickness or infection!

Declare, “No illegal transaction of the enemy can take place in my body, because the Holy Ghost lives in me!”
Understand that though your body is God’s house, it’s your responsibility to keep it flourishing in health. You have the right to decide what happens in your body.

Romans 8:13 says, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
This means you’re to put to death or disallow the misdeeds or wrong actions prompted by the body. Paul, writing to the Corinthian Church, explains that we’ll all give account to the Lord for whatever we allow in our physical bodies (2Corinthians 5:10).

It makes no difference how much Satan has attacked and tried to ravage your body. Maybe you’re unable to walk, this is the time to take charge! Command strength into your limbs in the Name of Jesus; declare that you’re strong, healthy and sound. Affirm vigorously that irrespective of the trouble in your body, greater is He that’s in you, than he that’s in the world.

The Spirit of God in your spirit impacts your physical body, ridding it of every pain or infection. Refuse to accommodate any trouble in your body; demand a restoration in the Name of Jesus, and there’ll be a change. Romans 8:11 says “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”


You see, you have authority to effect any changes you want to see in your body. Jesus said, “…Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven…” (Matthew 18:18). The word “bind” also means “forbid” or “disallow.” Therefore, whatsoever you forbid or disallow in your body shall be forbidden ordisallowed in heaven. Speak health and life to your body andgive yourself enough rest when it’s necessary. Your body was made for beauty and for glory. Therefore, glorify God in your body. Never allow sin or sickness to gain control over you.

Read: Gen 39:9-12 “There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”
 
Prayer:  Dear Father, thank you for showing me my responsibility as it pertains to my physical body.
I vehemently refuse sickness, disease, and weakness. I’m vitalized, quickened and energized in my physical body by the Spirit that dwells in me. 

Empowered To Prosper

Deuteronomy 8:18
“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth… “

Most people have wrongly attributed poverty to the nature of God. They have been deceived to think that poverty is piety. But this is far from the truth. God actually wants you to prosper. He wants you to do well, spirit, soul and body. That’s why the bible says he has given you the power for that. 

The word “power” in the verse above means an enablement; it means strength or ability. So, it should actually read, “But you shall remember the Lord your God: for it is He that enables, strengthens, and gives you the ability to get wealth.” 

Throughout the scriptures, the way God enabled anyone was by the Spirit, and through His Word. For example, we read what He said to Saul in 1 Samuel 10:6: “And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.”

When the Spirit came on God’s people in the Old Testament, they were supernaturally enabled. Then we read in Genesis 12:2, God’s word to Abraham: “…I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and makethy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.” That was anenablement; the ability for greatness; the strength and power to prosper, was conferred on him when God spoke those words to him.

Now, about us, the new creation, Galatians 3 establishes the profound truth that we’re Abraham’s seed. In the twenty-ninth verse, Paul submits, “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Thus, as the seed of Abraham, the supernatural ability for greatness, success and a life of endless victories and possibilities have been conferred on you.

Nothing is impossible for you, and with you anymore, because the Holy Spirit lives in you. Your consciousness of His indwelling presence and walk in the light of His Word about you is your guarantee of a life of ever-increasing glory. Learn to yield yourself to the Holy Spirit; listen to His voice inside you. He’s the greater One and has brought into your life the supernatural endowment to prosper.
 
Read: 3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 
Prayer: Father, thank you for making all grace abound unto me and especially the grace to walk in prosperity. 

Living out the Word

James 1:25 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed”

Doing the Word of God should be natural for you as a Christian, because being born again, you’re born of the Word (1 Peter 1:23). That means you have the nature of the Word, which gives you the ability to do the Word. Simply living out the Word is the key to an excellent and victorious life; that’s where the blessing is.

Doing the word must be preceded by looking into the word. In other words, you must constantly and consciously keep your gaze on God’s word and nothing more. Not being a doer of the word will give you challenges in this life. You see, in obeying God’s word you will become a doer of the word. You will act the word, think the word, react the word. That’s to say that God’s word has saturated your being. 

You see, you can’t be blessed outside God’s word. You need the word for any success you want or desire. Thus, having the word of God in you and living it out is what puts you ahead in life. 

Look into the word. It is the mirror of God. The Bible says anyone who hears the Word and doesn’t do what it says, is like a man who sees himself in a mirror, turns around and forgets what he looks like (James 1:23-24). This means that God expects you to see yourself the way He sees you in His Word, and then act accordingly.

For example, the Word says you’re a joint-heir with Christ; therefore, you should never talk broke or live as one who’s disadvantaged in life. The world belongs to you as much as it belongs to Christ. All things are yours (1 Corinthians 3:21).

Irrespective of your feelings or the circumstances, endorse these truths and act on them accordingly. The blessing is in acting on the Word, not just hearing or assenting to it. The creative power of the Word becomes effective once ignited by the faith-response from your spirit, bringing about a transformation in your life, from glory to glory.

Read: 1 Cor 9:27 “But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

Prayer: Dear Father, I thank you because your Word is working mightily and producing results in me. My life is for your glory, and I exude the excellence of the Spirit, fruitful and productive in every good work, and manifesting the fruits of righteousness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

The Power of True Worship

John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

In worship, God talks to us. As you minister to Him, He ministers to your spirit as well. Heaven is never silent on the worshipper. When you need direction, guidance, or a supernatural intervention, worship the Lord.

In Acts 13:1-2, the Bible says, “…as they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said…” letting us know that the power of God’s Spirit is manifested in an atmosphere of true worship.

True worship isn’t the casual rendition of your favourite Christian tunes; it’s the lifting of your heart and hands to the Lord, in reverence of His awesome majesty. It involves making confessions to His Name on the basis of who He is, in line with the revelation of His personality in the Word.

The Lord Jesus, in John 4:23, outlines true worship as that which is done in spirit and in truth; meaning that you’re to worship the Father from your spirit and according to His Word. For example, His Word says, “…and the lifting up of my hands be as the evening sacrifice” (Psalm 141:2); that means one of the ways of effective worship is to lift your hands to the Lord. There’s something deeply spiritual and powerful in lifting your hands to the Lord in worship; you’re offering to Him a sacrifice of sweet-smelling savour.

As you sing and bless His Name, lift your hands to Him as well, and focus on Him. Soon enough, you’ll be enraptured in the warmth of His love and the glory of His divine presence. Do this often; not only when you’re in church, but in your room, car, office, everywhere and anywhere! 

In Exodus 29:43 God said “And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory” – referring to the place of worship. That’s where He meets you, and opens your eyes to see in the spirit and helps you receive the divine touch you need for your next level of glory. 

Read: Ps 119:164 “Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.”

Prayer: Dear Father, I lift my holy hands to you even now, in love, appreciation and worship! You’ve made my life glorious; you’ve made my path straight; I praise your holy Name and extol your majesty. Thank you for your presence and glory in my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

It is possible

Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believes” (Mark 9:23)

A mind filled with impossibilities gets nothing from the Lord and virtually gets nothing alone. This is because people who conclude that something is not possible limit God and refuse to exercise their faith in the finished work of Christ.

In Mark 9:23 the Bible says……if you can believe all things are possible…meaning that irrespective of what your situation or condition is if you believe, it is possible.

You see, when the old man whose son was tormented of a devil came to the master for help, Jesus said all things are possible to him that believes. As long as you can believe that you have it, it becomes yours.

The Bible says all things, that’s very inclusive, all things can be health, marriage, childbearing, finance, career opportunities, etc.

Do you believe you can walk again? Do you believe your health can be restored? Do you believe you can be revived again for the work of the Lord “…well, if you believe it will be possible”.

Remember that believing is a choice. You must power it by your action and confession. Anytime you exercise your faith in God in the face of daring situation he makes the impossible possible.

When Abraham believed God, it became possible for an old man like him and a wife who had long gone into menopause to have a child. When Isaac believed, it became possible for him to receive a bumper harvest from a barren, famine-stricken land.

You see, never limit God in your mind, never limit God in your heart. Anything is possible with Him. You can walk again, you can have your own baby, you can own your own property, just believe.

Read: Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you that all things are possible for me in your name. I declare that from today I am walking in unending stream of miracle

 

The best wine at the last

John 2:10 (CEV) “And said, the best wine is always served first. Then after the guests have had plenty, the other wine is served. But you have kept the best until last!”

Sometimes God saves the best for the last. The character of God if understood will take away any form of anxiety and unrest people yield in their walk with God. The Bible records Jesus with his disciple at the wedding in Cana and miracle of turning water into wine.

John 2:3 says that when the wine was gone (finished) Jesus’s mother said to him, “they have no more wine”. This plea did not see an immediate action from Jesus, but rather he said his “hour or moment has not yet come”. That’s to say that he will do it but give it time.

You see, Jesus has understanding about the situation at hand. He knew of the consequences of running out of wine in the middle of an event, but He still asked them to hold on. Eventually when the moment came, He asked them to fill the jar with water and draw some to the master of the banquet. That was all, a miracle has happened. It came when everyone least expected.

You see, you may one day be faced a with a challenge or an issue that needs a divine intervention but never become anxious. Tarry with the Lord, His got the best. But if you can only wait for it.

God will and may not do things in the way one expects. Its better you get yourself acquainted with this truth and relate with Him as such. He is God and it’s up to Him how He wants to accomplish His work.

Your part is to be patient and be in the right place at the right time. That’s how you will always have the best that comes from him.

Read: Psalm 27:14 (KJV) “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”

Prayer: Dear Father, thank you for the wisdom I have received today. Thank you for sharing the importance of patience in my dealings with you. I pray for grace not to miss out on the best you have for me at any point in my life.

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