Get Wisdom #11

   Prov.4:7Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom) For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation."

  James1:5(Amp) says, "If any of you is deficient in Wisdom, let him ask of the giving God (Who gives) to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly without reproaching or fault finding, and it will be given him." It's important to God that His children learn to have skillful and Godly Wisdom. Lack of Wisdom is why much of our prayer life isn't working.

  Jesus was very clearly stressed to His followers, the importance of prayer. Everything Jesus did and called for, was based on prayer and Wisdom. He understood the importance of teaching His people how to function after He was gone. When Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes, He used the same Wisdom that He has given us to use. He spent time with His Father for instruction in Wisdom Jesus needed to handle everything He did.

  Jesus never stepped out unprepared in His earthly ministry. When the crowd told Him that Lazarus was sick, Jesus finished His lesson, stayed another day and then headed to Lazarus. It took the man one day's journey to bring the news to Jesus and then it took Jesus another day to reach Lazarus' home. When Jesus arrived, He was told that Lazarus had been dead for four days. Jesus knew something that the others didn't. He knew that Lazarus was already dead when the messenger got to Him.

  Jesus spent that time before the Father for Wisdom and preparation. He told His disciples that, "Lazarus is only sleeping," in John11:11. Jesus approached Lazarus' tomb, looked up to Heaven and said, "Father, I thank You that You heard Me. I thank You that You always hear Me." When did the Father hear Him? The whole time He was asking for Wisdom on how to handle this situation. At the tomb, Jesus already knew what to do and exactly how to do it. How did He know? James tells us in James1:11(Amp) saying, "If any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives liberally and without reproach." Jesus knew this before James wrote this and believed this,

  Too many times, we rush off without fully knowing what to do. We must take time to seek Wisdom in everything, before we do anything. When we minister to or pray for others, we can't be doing it out of habit because we're all called to pray for the sick. We are called to do that, but how does He want us to pray? When we read the Gospels, we realize that Jesus didn't pray or minister to the sick, blind, lame or dead in the same way. Jesus asked for Wisdom before ministering to the people, with 100% results. This is skillful and Godly Wisdom. Lazarus would have been just as dead if Jesus had rushed home to his sisters, instead of taking time to get there. Jesus said that, "Lazarus was sleeping," because He knew that Lazarus was already dead.

  The time Jesus spent getting to Lazarus wasn't wasted time, but was the most important thing He could have done. Jesus needed Wisdom from God, so He could know what the Father wanted Him to do. Upon hearing that Lazarus was sick, Jesus went to the Father. When the crowd needed food,Jesus' disciples said that they would need to work for weeks to make enough money to buy the food for them. John6:6 tells us that "Jesus already knew what He was going to do." The Word says that, "If you lack Wisdom, ask God and He will show you." How many times did God teach and show us that we should ask and then we'll receive? That doesn't mean that we only ask for food or things, but for the Wisdom that will provided these things as well.

Get Wisdom #10

   Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom) For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)." 1Cor.1:3(Amp) says "But it is from Him (God) that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God." If Jesus has become our Wisdom from God, then it's no surprise that God would say that, "Wisdom is the Principal thing."

  When we've received Jesus, we've received Wisdom. Now we must follow God's instructions to "get understanding, discernment, comprehension and interpretation." Most believe that when we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior, then we're forgiven and will go to Heaven. Some have understood more about wisdom, leading them to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with it's new Spiritual language.

  Paul continues in 1Cor.2:10-11(Amp) saying, "Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the Holy Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God, (the Divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny). For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a mans thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God." Paul continues to say that, "We have not received the spirit that belongs to the world, but the Holy Spirit Who is from God."

  So, through Jesus, we have this Wisdom and we know that Wisdom comes alive in us by the Holy Spirit and not the spirit of the world. The above scriptures also tell us that the Holy Spirit explores, examines and sound the profound and bottomless things of God or "the Divine counsels and things hidden that are beyond man's scrutiny." 

  All the Wisdom of God Himself is now made available to everyone who has received Jesus Christ. How much of this Wisdom has the Church sought after or searched for. We struggle about knowing the will of God and we still argue about Spirit things that happen today through some believers. Our response to many of these things is, "God doesn't do this for everyone." Sadly, some in the Church ridicule those who walk in a higher degree of this Wisdom and function by the Holy Spirit of God.

  We've looked with suspicion on those who've searched diligently and have obtained a higher understanding of Wisdom for themselves. The religious leaders accused Jesus of having a demon spirit, because He cast out demons. They continuously accused Jesus of being a fraud and fake, because they didn't or couldn't understand the Higher Wisdom that Jesus walked in. Some were amazed at the works Jesus did, while others wished to destroy Him because of those great works. Religion always gets upset by reality. We all want to think that we already know everything.

  God says that we're like those in the Wilderness. They limited God by their unbelief. We can't allow the wisdom of men to keep us from receiving the Wisdom God has made available to us. Let's dare to step out like Joshua and Caleb, believing God has given us the Promise through Jesus. Let's not become complacent and settle for less that what our Lord has made ours through His Sacrifice. Rom.1:17 says we're to "Go from faith to faith." In other words, we're to grow in Wisdom in every stage of our salvation. Jesus is THE DOOR, but we must enter in through that Door, into the Throne of Grace.

Get Wisdom #9

  In Prov.4:5,20-27(Amp) God says, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation), do no forget and do not turn back from the Words of My Mouth." 

  God also tells us that the "Words of His Mouth are Wisdom" and this Wisdom will "bring healing to our body and life to our flesh." This comes by meditating on God's Word and allowing His Wisdom to become our wisdom. We need to do more than just read about the things Jesus did. We must learn from Jesus Who is Himself Wisdom.

   Jesus was skillful in how He used this Wisdom. A paralyzed man was brought to Jesus through the roof of the home He was ministering. Jesus simply told the man that his sins were removed and the man was made whole. The man took up his bed and left. We would probably have poured oil on him, while laying hands on him until we rubbed sores on . Even then, he wouldn't have been healed and we would have concluded that, "It must not be God's will to heal him."

  Jesus applied skillful and Godly Wisdom in the above situation. Jesus realized that the young man was paralyzed because sin, depression and guilt had overtaken his body. We see today where those who are depressed, are living under condemnation and guilt, many times have an illness in their bodies. Instead of laying hands on the man, Jesus released the man by His Word of Mercy. This is using skillful and Godly Wisdom.

  This Wisdom is available to us today, but it takes time in the Word and listening to our Teacher, Who is the Holy Spirit. We often times, use guess work as to what the problem is and how to fix it. Jesus told us in John14:12(Amp) that "Those who steadfastly believe in Him would be able to do the things that He does." He meant that! Some would say, "Yes, but that was Jesus." Jesus knew that when He said that.

Jesus didn't say, "Because I'm Jesus, I do these great works." He did say, "It's not Me, but the Father in Me Who does the work." This same Father dwells in us today. We didn't get another Father, but the same Father that was in Jesus. Didn't Jesus teach us to pray, "Our Father, Who art in Heaven?"

  We must come to the understanding of what Jesus told us and then use this Wisdom of God given to us in Jesus. 1Cor.1:30(Amp) tells us that, "God has made unto us, Wisdom in Christ Jesus." We have the Wisdom, but we haven't learned to use it in a skillful and Godly manner. I've purposely read and reread the four Gospels, to see how Wisdom functioned in the healings and miracles Jesus performed. Jesus used Wisdom like a surgeon uses a scalpel. God's Word always works; we just need wisdom to use it properly. Not all people are the same. We must listen to the Holy Spirit, because He will tell us how to use God's Wisdom skillfully. The very Words Jesus spoke to the paralyzed man, work today, but it takes skillful Wisdom on whom to speak them and when to speak them. This is listening to the Voice of Wisdom, Who is the Lord.

  Remember the lady in the nursing home, whose hands were crippled into tight fists? I didn't use skillful Godly Wisdom, when I first laid hands on her. That wasn't what she needed, but it was the only wisdom I held at that time. When the Lord spoke to me about "loosing her," I used skillful Wisdom and the lady was made whole. This Wisdom has been made available to us through Jesus. We must "study to show ourselves approved, a workman worthy of hire."  

Get Wisdom #8

   Prov.4:5(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom). For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal things."  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, (revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as), our Righteousness (thus making us and holy), and our Redemption (providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin)." Wisdom is the Word of God and Jesus is the Word of God made flesh for us. Rev.19:13(Amp) tells us that "Jesus is dressed in a robe dyed by dipping in blood; and the title by which He is called is The Word of God."

  God's Word is Wisdom, but we don't have has skillful wisdom on how to use it. I can change a breaker in my home's breaker box, but that doesn't mean I can work on the power lines connecting electricity to my home. This requires someone who is skillful in what he/she does. Many have been able to operate in certain portions of God's Wisdom (His Word), but they're not skillful in doing so. Thus, we don't see all the results that God has Promised in His Word.

  If you're reading these blogs, then you're serious about learning and increasing in your walk with the Lord. Most born-again believers have read the four Gospels. Jesus, Who is the Word, was showing us how to become skillful in how to use it. When we first got saved, my wife and I took I kids to visit at a nursing home every Saturday. We gave our kids small trinkets and goodies to share with the residents. We also prayed for the residents and just spent time with them. One day we came across a woman whose hands had formed into such tight fists that she was unable to open them. I had read Mark16 where Jesus said, "These signs will follow those who believe, they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover." I don't know about you, but I believe this. When I laid hands on her though, nothing happened.

  When we returned home, I asked the Lord why she wasn't healed and He took me to Luke13:11-13, where a woman who was bowed over and couldn't straighten. She didn't need healing, but needed loosed from an infirmity. I didn't know there was a difference before God showed me. So, when we went to the nursing home the next week, I sought out this woman. She was still sitting in her chair and her little hands were still knotted up. This time I said, "In the Name of Jesus, I loose you from this infirmity." Instantly, her hands opened and she was free. I began to realize that all the miracles and wonderful things Jesus did, were "skillful and Godly Wisdom."

  I began to watch His ministry, rather than simply read about it. I began to see that Jesus used skillful Wisdom like a mechanic uses tools. I also began to watch how Jesus did those things. Sometimes Jesus simply spoke, while other times He touched the people. Sometimes Jesus asked the persons what they wanted, and they went away with what they requested. I began to understand what Prov.4 was saying about our getting skillful and Godly Wisdom. 

  Jesus was our Teacher, and He came to teach us about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus tells us in John14:12(Amp), "Those who believe, the works that I do, you can do also." These aren't passed away or only for certain believers. We've lacked skillful and Godly Wisdom to learn from the Master about how to use His Word with skill and trust. We can't go at everything like bulldozers, without seeking and asking Him for instructions. Jesus says in Matt.7:7(Amp), "Keep on asking and it will be given to you."

Get Wisdom #7

   Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom)."

   Even though God has made Wisdom available to those who are born-again, there are many differing ideas about what wisdom is. Scripture tells us that the Word of God is the Wisdom of God. We can't distinguish what is evil and what is good, without wisdom. "Jesus is the Wisdom and the Word Himself," according to Prov.8:1-3(Amp). John1:1,14(Amp) tells us that, "Wisdom was with the Father before anything was created", saying, "In the Beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself." Verse14 says, "And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human,incarnate) and tabernacled among us." 1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God."

  It seems difficult for us to recognize Jesus as a Man, while seeing Him as the Word. It seems difficult for us to know Him in Spirit, call upon Him as Lord and consider Him as living in us. When we separate these aspects of the Lord, we delude Him into separate things which should remain as One. The enemy has kept the Church fighting about watching over our words, for far too long. The beginning of Wisdom begins with watching our words. 

  John3:34(Amp) tells us, "For since He Whom God has sent speaks the Words of God (proclaims God's Own Message) God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the Gift God makes of His Spirit."  We're able to read, hear and now see the Word of God, because Jesus is the Word. The Wisdom we're seeking is the Word of God, Who is Jesus Himself. Jesus is called "the Word of God" in Rev.19:14. When we see Jesus in the Gospels and Epistles, we're actually seeing the Wisdom, the Word and the Spirit, working in perfect union together. This is skilled and skillful Wisdom that God is speaking of.

  Prov.8:23(Amp) says, "I (Wisdom) was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting from the beginning, before ever the earth existed." 1Cor.1:24(Amp) says, "But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ is the Power of God and the Wisdom of God." John1:1(Amp) says, "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself."

  When we seek God and His Word, we're seeking Jesus Who is the Word and the Wisdom of God. Skillful and Godly Wisdom comes by spending time in prayer and reading the Word. We're to seek after Jesus and "God's way of doing and being right," according to Matt.6:33. Too many have settles for teachings that aren't skillful nor Godly. 

   I recall the day the Father called me to teach His people. I listened to many preachers say "God puts sickness on us, in order to teach us something," while others taught something else. I needed to know for myself what was true, before I would teach it, so I went before the Lord to seek His Wisdom. God told me, "This is as the waters of Noah unto Me." It was lunch time, so I punched my time clock and rushed home to find the scripture. Isaiah54:7-10 is where I found this, "For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you to Me again. I a little burst of wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with age-enduring love and kindness I will have compassion and mercy on you, said the Lord Your Redeemer. For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I sword that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, So have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. For though the mountains should depart or the hills be shaken or removed, yet My Love and Kindness shall not depart from you, not shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord Who has compassion on you."

  You might be saying to yourself, "What does that have to do with what you asked God?" Well, the flood only came once and God swore it would never happen again. What Jesus did at the cross, I was healed by His striped and redeemed from sickness and the Curse of the Law. God said He would never do these things to me again. God tells us in Isaiah54:15(Amp), "Behold, they may gather together an stir up strife but it is not by Me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you."

Get Wisdom #6

   Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom)! For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal thing And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."

  James1:5(Amp) says, "If any of you is deficient in Wisdom, let him ask of the Giving God (Who gives) to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or fault ding, and it will be given him." 

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "God has made us Wisdom in Christ Jesus." We now realize that the reason it's "skillful and Godly Wisdom," is because Jesus is our Wisdom and He is the " Principal thing." We're constantly being told about all the things we "must do in order to be a Christian," when we only need to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior.  Our Christian walk is to "get Wisdom" that the Father has given us through Jesus. The rest of our walk in His Wisdom in order to find out what we've received through Jesus.

  Jesus took upon Himself, everything that stood between us and the Father. We've the Wisdom to know what He's done for us. Once we have Wisdom, the rituals and traditions we've been taught, become mere religious labors. We know too that our works won't save us and only our Savior can do that. It's  not what we did, but what He has done for us. Skillful and Godly Wisdom will remove the burden of what to eat, what to wear and what days to worship, from our walk with the Lord. Jesus said in Matt.11:30(Amp), "My burden is light and easy to be borne." Heb.4:11(Amp) tells us, "Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest (of God) (to know and experience it for ourselves) that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience (into which those in the Wilderness fell)."

  Heb.4:10(Amp) says, "For he who has once entered God's Rest, also has ceased from the (weariness and pain) of human labors, Just as God Rested from the labors peculiarly His Own." We're not called to labor, but to rest in the Finished Work of Jesus. When we have skillful and Godly Wisdom, the labor of trying to make it on our own is over in our lives. 

  We cannot make ourselves righteous. We must rest in the Wisdom of God and simply accept by faith that God has made us Righteous in Christ Jesus our Lord. When we realize by skillful and Godly Wisdom, that God has already provided everything it takes to make us everything He intended, then we be like Paul wrote to Timothy in 2Tim.2:4(Amp), "Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourselves to God approved (tested by trial), workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing (rightly handling and skillfully teaching the Word of Truth."

  Too many believers today are like those in the Wilderness. We've found it hard to believe that Jesus did it all for us. We must need to receive by faith what He has done and walk in it. When we understand the Truth of what God has said, then the washing of water by the Word will cleanse us from all the outer things of our flesh. The trials will come, the devil will make sure of that. He'll try to bind us with his lies and bring up the things we did in the past. We must not listen to the devil, but rest in what Jesus did for us, in skillful and Godly Wisdom. 

  The old things we've been struggling with will be removed, when we learn, know and trust in God's Wisdom. A newborn grows, matures and learns, putting away the things he/she once did. We too grow from babes in Christ into maturity. 1Pet.2:2(Amp) says, "Like newborn babies, you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) Spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto (completed) salvation."

  Healing has already been provided, but if we don't know that, then we'll continually believe we did something wrong and that's why healing didn't work. When we seek skillful and Godly Wisdom, then we'll rightly divide God's Word and accurately seek the Word of Truth. Man's wisdom will keep us from entering God's Rest, like those in the Wilderness. God provided so many miracles for those who were under Egypt's bondage, but they didn't enter into the Promised Land, because they grumbled, complained and failed to believe God's Promises. God has provided everything we need, through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  

Get Wisdom #5

  God instructs us in Prov.4:5(Amp) saying, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom, (get understanding, discernment, comprehension and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the Words of My mouth." 

  The above scripture is a Divine commandment from the very mouth of God. It's imperative that believers have Godly and skillful Wisdom. Man's wisdom isn't comparative to God's Wisdom, especially when it comes to the outcome. Too many of God's children have suffered under the wisdom of man. They could have been redeemed by hearing what God says about Wisdom.

  Paul instructed Timothy about Wisdom, telling him to "Rightfully divide the Word of God." In Col.1:9(Amp) he tells us, "For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it [he is writing to the Church about their love, giving and faith] have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, (asking) that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom (in comprehensive insight into the way and purposes of God) and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things."

  We stumble too many times, because we don't know God's will. We've been instructed in Prov.4, the Book of 2Tim.2:15 and the above scripture to not only know God's will, but to walk in it. We shouldn't just guess what God's will is. Too many unanswered prayer fall into the deep well of doubt and ignorance. It's impossible to get prayer to work for us, if we don't have faith in our prayer ability. God has made it very clear, that His desire is that we know His will and walk in His Wisdom. When we pray according to His will, we get answers. When we don't receive answers, then we concoct excuses like, "It may not have been God's will."

  We're to seek skillful and Godly Wisdom, so we can know God's will in all Spiritual insight and have clear knowledge of His will. God has made this available to all of His children and has expressed this throughout His Word. There are some things that obviously aren't God's will, but His Spirit will reveal hidden things to us. 

  Some believe one thing, while others believe something else. We're all born-again and are children of God's family. It's foolish to think that God's will isn't the same for each of His children. Paul was asked about this very thing in Rom.3:3-4(Amp), where he replied, "If some don't believe, does this make the Word of God ineffective? God forbid! Let God be True and every man a liar."

  When we try replacing God's Words with our own words, then we will be wrong in our speaking and believing. We've encountered this every since man invented denominations. God never did make denominations. He never intended that His family be separated into different bodies. God wants all His children to be One Body in Christ Jesus. God gives us skillful and Godly Wisdom, so we can walk separate from the world. Every denomination believes they have a monopoly on Truth. The Truth is that none of us have come into the full Truth of who He's made us to be in Jesus. Gal.4 tells us that we "Are sons and daughters of God." This doesn't mean that we would be so in the world to come, but NOW.

Get Wisdom #4

  Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom, is Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom). (For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal thing). And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."

  We sometimes deceive ourselves, depending more on our wisdom than the Wisdom God offers us. We try walking in faith and blessing, believing God's Word is true, but then we fail to seek Wisdom from Him. We should read all the Proverbs concerning wisdom, but let's read Prov.65:4-5(Amp), which says, "If you seek (Wisdom) as for silver and search for skillful and Godly Wisdom as for hidden treasure. Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of our Omniscient God."

  This Wisdom is available to every believer, but it requires time on our part to obtain it and grow in it. The Lord directs us to "search for it as for silver and hidden treasure." During the great Gold Rush, those who found gold were those who worked hard for that treasure. Many heard about the gold, but didn't want to search for it. Those who applied themselves, found it. Many Christians have ceased seeking and are  satisfied with what little we have. God's Covenant with us through Jesus, has so much more for us in this life.

  1Cor.1:30 tells us that God has made Wisdom in Christ Jesus to all who will seek it, but we must be hungry and seek for Him and His Word of Wisdom. Paul writes about our growing in Christ Jesus in Rom.1:17, saying we go "from faith to faith." This is a growing process offered to the child of God through Christ. Many of us have read the same Word, yet with differing opinions as to what is true for today and what isn't. God tells us that "His Word is forever settled in Heaven," so if it was true then, then it's true now for all who will believe. It's obvious that not all of us are applying the wisdom God offers. Paul writes in Rom.3:3-4(Amp), "What if some do not believe, does their lack of faith nullify and make voice the Word of God? By no means, let God be True and every man a liar."

  We have only scratched the surface of God's Wisdom. God instructs us in Prov.7:4(Amp), "Say to skillful and Godly Wisdom You are my sister, and regard understanding or insight as your intimate friend." This is a closeness with Wisdom that comes from reading God's Word like seeking gold and riches. If we were searching for gold, then we would dig and work hard to find it. When we search for Godly Wisdom, then we must ask the Holy Spirit to reveal hidden Wisdom in His Word. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would be our Teacher, so we should let Him teach us the Hidden Wisdom of God's Word. Jesus says in Matt.5:6(Amp), "Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!" Do we still hunger for it? 

Get Wisdom #3

  God commands us in Prov.4:5(Amp), "Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom)." The Church is in the dark without skillful and Godly Wisdom. Paul instructed Timothy in 2Tim.2:15-16(Amp), "Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (by trial),  workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing (rightly) handling and skillfully teaching the Word of God." Paul tells Timothy to stay away from things that would hinder this Godly Wisdom in Verse 16, saying, "Avoid all (empty, vain, useless, idle)" because Paul says, "For it will lead the people into more and more ungodliness."

  When teachers teach from the wisdom of men, it deludes God's Wisdom and becomes empty, vain and useless idle talk. Paul wrote in Rom.3:3-4(Amp), "What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His validity (to His Word)? By no means; Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar; as it is written, that you may be justified and shown to be upright in what you say, and prevail when you are judged by sinful men."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) tells us, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God."  Paul tells goes on to tell us what Jesus is and has done for us in 1Cor.2:5-6(Amp) saying, "So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God. Yet when we are among the full grown (spiritually mature) Christians, who are ripe in understanding, we do impart a (higher) Wisdom (the knowledge of the Divine Plan previously hidden) but is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away."

  The skillful and Godly Wisdom is now available through Jesus, to everyone who will abstain from old wives tales and fables and seek Him by rightly dividing God's Word. Much of what we know came by the wisdom of men and not the Holy Spirit. We don't throw out everything we know, but we must check it against Godly Wisdom and rightly divide it, like Prov. 4 says. Jesus told the "Parable of the Sower" in Mark4:24(Amp) admonishing, "Be careful of what you are hearing. The measure of (thought and study) you give to (the Truth that you hear) will be the measure (of virtue and knowledge)  that comes back to you-and more will be given you besides (to you who hear)."

  Notice how God is only obligated to give more to "those who hear the Truth" and only to those that will hear it. God watches over His Word to perform it. Many things that we've heard from man's wisdom, will not produce the harvest that God has promises. Many Christians have given up on faith and God's Promises, because we didn't heed or pay attention to what we were hearing or what was sown in our hearts. Only God's Word (Seed) will produce Heaven's Blessing and Promise, the the hundred-fold return.

  Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "Wisdom is the principle thing, therefore, Get Wisdom, and with all your getting, Get understanding."

Get Wisdom #2

   Prov.4:5(Amp) says, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom."  Wisdom from God far out weighs man's wisdom. Much of our interpretation of God's Wisdom has been filtered through man's wisdom. Many things the Church has discarded are things that man's wisdom deems unnecessary to our lives.

  Paul wrote in 1Cor.2:12-13(Amp), "Now we have not received the spirit (that belongs to the world), but the Holy Spirit Who is from God, (given to us) that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the Gift of Divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly bestowed on us by God. And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting Spiritual Truths with Spiritual languages (to those who possess the Holy Spirit)."

  Paul plainly brings into the light that there's a great difference between the Wisdom of God and man's wisdom. We all have human wisdom, but no matter how much we have, it still goes against the Wisdom of God. God's Wisdom is available to all who have received Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Sadly though, the Church has allowed man's wisdom to override God's Wisdom. God instructs us in Prov.4:5(Amp) to, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom, Get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the Words of My mouth." God's Word is Wisdom, but human understanding won't reveal the full Truth of what it is. Comprehension, discernment and interpretation come by listening and fellowshiping with the Holy Spirit and meditating on the Word.

  We can read God's Word and have an intellectual knowledge of it, but still have no comprehensive insight into what it truly says. Many of the things today's Church walks in, are from surface knowledge and far below where God intends us to be and do. We expect skill and wisdom from those we deal with in this world. We expect any surgeon, doctor, lawyer or even a teacher to be skilled and knowledgeable. Shouldn't we expect the same from God's children? 

  God tells Joshua in Joshua1:8(Amp), "This Book of the Law (the Word of God) shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written within it. For then you shall make your way prosperous and you shall do wisely and have good success." In other words, God instructs Joshua to speak His Word and meditate on it at all times. You might say, "Well, I don't believe we need to watch what we say." God does. He said if we do this, then we will make your way prosperous. Is it too much to do as God says or do we know better than He does? God "watches over His Word to perform it." He doesn't watch over our words, we're required to do that.

  John3:34(Amp) speaks about Jesus, saying, "For since He Whom God has sent, speaks the Words of God (proclaims God's Own Message) God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the Gift God makes of His Holy Spirit." Jesus spoke only God's Words. If we're born-again, then we're God's sons and daughters and have received the same Holy Spirit. Do we have the Holy Spirit boundlessly or do we still have Him by measure?

  Do you suppose that if we watched our words, then we would and could have a greater measure of the Holy Spirit, because God could confirm what we say? Do the words we speak make a difference in our lives? God seems to think so and His Word backs that up. We can use man's wisdom and deny that or we can yield to the Holy Spirit and bridle our tongues. This doesn't mean we can't carry on a conversation, but we let the Holy Spirit watch over our conversations and keep them in line with God's Words.

Get Wisdom #1

   Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of salvation, (manifesting itself to us as our Righteousness) (Thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God) and our Consecration (making us pure and holy) and our Redemption (proving our ransom from eternal penalty from sin)."

  God instructs us in Prov.4:5(Amp) to, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom." We all have a need for skillful Wisdom in our journey through this life. Skill is something demanded even in God's Word, although it's been lost to us over the centuries. No one wants a brain surgeon to operate on us, unless he/she is skilled in that work. No one wants to fly on an aircraft, unless it's being flown by a skilled pilot. You might have enough wisdom to change a breaker in your home's fuse box, but you'd better be skillful if you want to work on the power lines. 

   The Lord continues His instructions in Prov.4:6(Amp), saying, "Get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the Words of My Mouth." Some have forgotten and turned back from some of the things they once knew when they first received the Source of Wisdom, Jesus, in their lives. They're still saved and are going to Heaven, but they somehow lack the understanding any longer. 

  Wisdom and understanding are more than just intellectual knowing. We must have discernment, comprehension and interpretation, like God says. Our vehicle give us directions as we drive today, but we need the intelligence in order to drive that vehicle. When we're behind the wheel of that vehicle and in traffic, then we'd better have enough understanding to navigate that car. 

  God continues in Prov.4:6-7(Amp) saying, "Forsake not Wisdom and she will keep, defend and protect you; love her, and she will guard you. Skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing, and with all you have gotten, get understanding, discernment, comprehension, and interpretation." Most of us would like to know that we can be guarded, protected and kept, but all these come by the understanding and skillful knowledge of Wisdom. There's more to Wisdom than just reading God's Word. How much of the Wisdom have we discarded over the years, because we had no understanding?

  I heard a teaching about the importance of the words that Christians speak. As I heard this teaching, I set my heart to knowing and getting discernment and comprehension about this. I've seen the results of this teaching in my life and the promise in my family. Some who heard this teaching have turned back and have forgotten what was being taught. Some simply dismissed it as "Blab it and grab it" or "Name it and claim it."

  I also know there are pulpit parrots""who preached this message, without having understanding or comprehension or skillful and Godly Wisdom. We can't forget or turn back from the benefits of having Godly Wisdom. Too many have mocked the Wisdom when they heard it, and have suffered loss because of it.