Get Wisdom #17

   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've been speaking about the healing and life of the flesh or the mortal bodies of Christians and unbelievers. God says in Lev.17:14(Amp), "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the Life of it." Moses' brother Aaron lost his two sons who offered "false fire" and were burned. God instructed Moses to tell his brother afterwards in Lev.16:2-21(Amp) "Tell Aaron your brother he must not come at all times into the Holy of Holies within the Veil before the Mercy Seat upon the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the Mercy Seat." God then told them to take "at the expense of the congregation," two male goats for a sin offering for himself and make atonement for himself and for his house (the other priests)." Aaron was told to cast lots and sacrifice one goat and let the other go free. God continues in Verse21, saying, "And Aaron shall lay both his hands up on the head of the live gotta and confess over him all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them up on the goat (the sin-bearer), and send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is timely (ready,fit)."

  Jesus told His followers in Matt.12:40(Amp), "As it was with Jonah, as he was three days and nights in the belly of the whale, so shall it be, that the Son of Man shall be three days in the belly of the earth." Jesus' Spirit went into the belly of the earth, while His Body was three and nights in the tomb. Remember that the life is in the blood. The one goat Aaron set free, carried the sins of the Israelites into the wilderness, while the other was slain and its blood covered the people. By His Blood, Jesus carried our sins into the belly of the earth and He gave us His Blood for the Life of our flesh and our healing. 

  Rom.6:23(Amp) tells us that, "The wages of sin is death." We need to be born-again by God's Spirit and we need to have life and healing in our mortal bodies. The one death carried away our sins and the Blood keeps giving life to our mortal bodies. 1John1:7(Amp) says, "But, if we (really) are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light; we have (true,unbroken) fellowship with one another and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes us from all sin and guilt) (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations)."

  We've all sinned in our flesh since being born-again and the wages of sin is death. So, does the Life in Jesus' Blood give us Life and cleanse us? Sin and guilt can lead to sickness and even death. It's necessary we receive the Life of His Blood, to bring life to our physical bodies, while we're here on earth. God instructed Adam in Gen.2:17(Amp), "The day you eat of this tree, you shall surely die." After Adam and Eve ate from the tree, God killed animals (shedding their blood) and covered them with the animal skins. This gave temporary life to Adam and Eve, by the life of the blood. We have the Life Blood of Jesus to give us Life, so we can live out our appointed days.

  God tells us in Gen.6:3(Amp), "My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man, for he is also flesh; but his days shall yet be 120 years." Too many believers haven't been taught that Jesus' Blood not only cleanses us from sins, but brings healing and life to our mortal bodies. With all the scientific strides man has made, we cannot make blood in this 21st century. This is because of the God Factor. Only God can create life of the flesh, by His Blood. It's imperative that when we repent and ask for forgiveness, we don't forget the Blood factor. We plead the Blood of Christ over our families, friends, loved ones and all of our possessions and so the enemy cannot put guilt and condemnation on us.

  We all make mistakes and even sin while learning and growing in our walk with Christ. But we cannot allow them to put us back under the Curse of the Law or cause sickness in our minds and bodies. 

Get Wisdom #16

   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, interpretation)."

  We have Wisdom from the Word of God, which is Wisdom. 1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your Life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom (revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of Salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself 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 (providing our Ransom from eternal penalty for sin)."

  In the last blog, we spoke about the Power of the Blood of Christ. Is.53:5 tells us that, "By His stripes we are healed." Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (the doom) of the Law (and its condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us, for it is written in scriptures,'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'" 

  The Romans perfected crucifixion around the time of Jesus being hung on a cross.  Judas hung himself, but it was with a rope. Hanging by a rope on a tree didn't produce the Blood needed for our healing. Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us, ""As for the life of all flesh the Blood of it represents the Life of it, therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh. For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off."

  God waited until crucifixion was the way of "hanging on a tree," before sending His Only Begotten Son to earth. Jesus could have been hung with a rope from a tree, but that wouldn't have shed His Blood. Jesus shed His Blood when they soldiers hammered spikes into His hands and feet. God required the blood of animals to protect His people. Gen.3:21(Amp) says, "For Adam and also for his wife, the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them." The animal had to be slaughtered, shedding its blood, in order to provide their skins. We know that the life is in the blood and God accepted these offerings, in order to cover His people until the next offering. 

  Is.53:4-5(Amp) tells us, "Surely He has borne our griefs (sickness, weaknesses and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains (of punishment) yet we ignorantly considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God; as if with leprosy. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities, the chastisement (needful to obtain) peace and well-being for us was upon Him; and with the stripes (that wounded) Him we are healed and made whole."

  The reasons Jesus received stripes upon His back, was to shed His Blood, because "the life of all flesh is in the blood." Jesus' death was for our new birth and the shedding of His Blood was for the healing of our flesh. Throughout the Old Testament, God required His people to shed the blood of lambs and goats, because the life is in the blood. This would maintain life for His people, so He wouldn't need to take their lives because of their disobedience. 1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we (really) are living and walking in the Light, as He (Himself) is in the Light, we have (true unbroken) fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes us from all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms."

  

Get Wisdom #15

   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 have God's Word, which is Wisdom, but we lack understanding, discernment, comprehension and interpretation. We've received man's wisdom more than the Holy Spirit. Paul writes about discernment in 1Cor.12:10-11(Amp), saying, "To another the working of miracles to another prophetic insight (the Gift of interpretation, the gift of interpreting the Divine will and the purpose), to another the ability to discern and distinguish between (the utterance of true spirits) and (false spirits), to another various kinds of (unknown tongues), to another the ability to interpret (such) tongues. All these (gifts,achievements,abilities) are inspired and brought to pass by One and the Same Holy Spirit Who appropriates to each person individually (exactly) as He chooses."

  Does the Holy Spirit choose for all of us to Get Wisdom? Obviously, He does, according to the first scripture above. We don't get skillful and Godly Wisdom simply by listening to some of the things we hear. So, the Holy Spirit gives each of us the ability to receive and get Wisdom. Many Christians have heard about the Power of Christ' Blood, but have no idea what that is. Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us, "As for the life of all flesh, the Blood of it represents the Life of it; therefore I said to the Israelites, you shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh, for the life of all flesh is in the Blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."

  Do you know that the Blood of our Lamb Jesus, is for the life and healing of our flesh? The life of all flesh is in the Blood. We have eternal life in our spirit, but our bodies are still subject to this earth. When we receive communion, Jesus tells us in Luke22:19(Amp) to, "Do this in remembrance of Me." We commit sins in our flesh as we learn and grow in the covenant, but these sins don't mean that sickness and disease can come upon us because of them. 1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we (really) are living in and walking in the Light as He is Himself is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with one another and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes us from) all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin in all it's forms and manifestations)."

  God's Life for our healing is in the Blood of Jesus Christ. Our flesh is still subject to sickness and disease, without His Blood to cover us and give His Life to our flesh. The Blood of our covenant didn't us us life in our spirit. The Holy Spirit gave us the new birth and has given us eternal life. The Blood of Christ gave Life and healing to our mortal bodies, so we can live out our days without the Curse affecting us. The priesthood carried out all the sacrifices, but forgot what they were for. When Jesus came, He understood the importance of the power of the blood in the animal sacrifices. He saw that these animal sacrifices wasn't working for their healing. Paul writes in Acts 10:38(Amp), "God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the (Holy) Spirit and with strength and ability and power, how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by (the power of) the devil, for God was with Him."

  When the Israelites were still slaves under the bondage of Egypt, God instructed in Ex.12:7(Amp), "They shall take the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel (above the door space) of the houses in which they shall eat (the Passover Lamb)." When the death angel saw the blood over the doorposts, it didn't enter that home. This prevented the killing of their firstborn children. Psalm105:37(Amp) says, "He brought Israel forth also with silver and gold and there was not one feeble person among their tribes." We no longer make animal sacrifices, because the Blood of our Lamb Jesus gave Life in our mortal bodies.

  Let's keep in mind what wisdom has to say about healing and health, remembering what understanding, discernment and comprehension has said. Prov.4:20-22(Amp) says, "My Son, attend to My Words; consent and submit to My sayings, Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are Life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh." Was the life in their sacrificial lamb more alive and powerful than the Blood of our Lamb Jesus? Let's put our faith in His Blood for our healing, remembering that it continually cleanses us from all unrighteousness that would permit room for sickness in our flesh.

  Seek the Lord about what I've written and then apply His Blood over your life. We must rightly discern the Lord's Body, which gives place to disease in our mortal bodies, when we received communion. The covenant meal of communion protects us all the way, if we will interpret, understand and discern Wisdom. The Blood of Christ brings Life into our natural bodies and by His Spirit, He bore our Spiritual death and gave Life to our spirits.

Get Wisdom #14

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

  Wisdom is the Word of God and Jesus is the Word of God made flesh, according to John1:14(Amp), which says, "And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human,incarnate) and tabernacled (lived awhile) among us." It's difficult to comprehend the full meaning and understanding of this, using just the carnal mind and man's wisdom. How can words create a universe? How can words create all living matter and the animal kingdom? How can words create humans, with none being alike? 

  We read what Wisdom says about our health in Prov.4:20-22(Amp). Thus it says, "My Son, attend to My Word which is Wisdom, consent and submit to My sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh." Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead, but we've nearly all concluded that, "He did it because He was Jesus." Isaiah1:18(Amp) says, "Come now, and let Us reason together says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, the shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool."

  Is.42:19-20(Amp) says, "Who is blind by My servant (Israel)? or deaf like My messenger whom I sent? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me (who has been admitted to covenant relationship with Me)? Yes, who is blind like the Lord servant? You have seen many things, but you do not observe or apprehend their true meaning. His ears are open, but he hears not." God tells us in Is.55:8-11(Amp), "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. For as the rain and snow came down from the heavens and return not there again; but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout; that it may give seed to the sower and breathe to the eater. So shall My Word be that goes forth out of My Mouth, it (His Word) shall not return to Me void (without producing any effect, useless), but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the things for which I sent it."

  Our God created all things by His Word and is still upholding all things, by His Word. We've failed to keep His Word continually in our mouths and our hearts, like God instructed. This leaves us void of power to stand like we're instructed to do. Prov.4:23-24(Amp) says, "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance, and above all that you guard for out of it flow the springs of life." Mark4:23-24(Amp) says,"If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend. And He [Jesus] said to them, Be careful of what you are hearing, the measure of (thought and study you give to the Truth you are hearing) will be the measure (of virtue and knowledge) that comes back to you, and more besides will be given to you who hear."

  Prov.4:24(Amp) says, "Put away from you false and dishonest speech and willful and contrary talk put far from you." Do words really make a difference in what we receive in this life? God thinks they do, so let's honor God, Who's ways are higher and Who's thoughts are higher than ours. Let's"Reason together with Him," like God says in Is.1:18.

Get Wisdom #13

   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)."

  If you asked 100 people "What is wisdom?" then you'd probably receive 100 different ideas and answers. Man's wisdom isn't right, without God's Wisdom. Some say, "That's not fair." God isn't fair, He's Just. Man's wisdom says, "That's wrong," but God is never wrong. 1John2:16(Amp) says, "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh (cravings for sensual gratification) and the lust of the eyes (greedy longings of the mind) and the pride of life (assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things) these do not come from the Father, but are from the world itself." We've been redeemed from the Curse of the Law through Jesus, but that doesn't mean that the the things God instructs us not to do, have become the right things to do.

  Many accuse us of "not walking in love," if we say someone isn't doing what God says. Jesus had much to say about about what's right and wrong and about Love. He spoke about things we need and look for in this life. He says in Matt.6:33(Amp), "But seek (aim at and strive after) First of all His Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these things taken together will be given you besides."

  We've all been given a choice in what and how we believe. Our believing something is right, doesn't mean it's the way it should be. "Well Brother Jim, I don't think this is love." 1John4:8(Amp) tells us that, "God is Love." When we do what Love says in Wisdom, we don't always agree with what man thinks, but it is never wrong. Our nation's people are shouting, protesting and holding signs about things they believe are right. They're being shouted at in opposition, on the other side of the street. Some say, "Open the borders" while others say, "Close the borders." Some scream, "Let men into women's locker rooms and play in women's sports." Others say, "No, don't allow this." What does God have to say about these things? No matter what we think, God is right.

  We've strayed far away from what God has to say and decided that we know best. Now, we're walking in the wisdom of men. A lawyer tried to test Jesus asking, "What is the most important commandment?" Jesus answered in Luke10:27(Amp) saying, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

  If we're to Love God and then love our neighbors as ourselves, then we must get Wisdom and understanding concerning things around us. Some say, "God isn't Love, because after parting the Red Sea, He drowned the armies of Egypt." "How could God drown the Egyptians and save only Israel?" they say, "That's not love." God didn't drown the armies because He hated them. He drowned them because He loved His covenant people and made a Promise to them. That was love.

  If we read God's Word and found out what God says, then we wouldn't need to choose sides in this world. We're to "Seek first of all, God's Kingdom and His way of doing and being right." Even if we don't understand it, then we should at least believe God knows better than we do. We must ask Him for understanding. Satan is the god of this world and walking in the world's wisdom, will only lead to more ungodliness.

Get Wisdom #12

  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)."

  When God speaks about Wisdom, He is speaking about His Word, Jesus according to John1:1-2(Amp) which says, "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God." Rev.19:13(Amp) tells us, "He was dressed in a robe dyed by dripping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God." Prov.8:30(Amp) says, "Then I Wisdom was beside Him as a Master and Director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always." John1:14(Amp) says, "And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate)."

  There shouldn't be any doubt that Jesus, Wisdom and the Word of God are One and the Same. God and His Word are One and the Same Person, Who is Jesus. 1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God." In order to "Get Wisdom," we must first of all realize that God's Word is Wisdom and that without His Word, we're left to our own wisdom and carnal thinking, along with the wisdom of men/women.

 America's laws were handed down from her Founding Fathers and for many decades, we adhered to the Constitution and government that God prescribed for our good. We've begun to lean towards the wisdom of men, instead of holding to the Wisdom of God. This has left our nation in a place of decline. We've leaned towards political parties, instead of Wisdom. Deut.28:12(Amp) says, "The Lord shall open to you His Good Treasury, the Heavens, to give to you the rains of your land in its season, and to Bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow."

  America is deeply in debt to nations that don't have our best interest and can no longer be lending to others. This is because we haven't obeyed God's directions to "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom," and "Get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation)." We didn't heed God's instructions found in Prov.4:5(Amp), where He says, "DO NOT FORGET AND DO NOT TURN BACK FROM THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH." We've been trusting men and women to uphold the Constitution, but they turned their backs from God and the Constitution. We're reaping what we've been sowing. We witness rampant crime on our streets, our children no longer belong to us, we're not allowed to proclaim God's Word or pray in public places and our children are being turned to ungodly things of men's wisdom.

  We could have prevented these things, if only we hadn't forgotten and turned our backs from skillful and Godly Wisdom. Every one of us should be before God in prayer, to once again see our nation conform to His Wisdom. We've failed to heed God's Word. We still attend church on Sundays, we still hear sermons about God, but are we as individuals spending time in prayer and fellowship with God Himself? Are we seeking His will?

  God's Word is simply enough that even a simple man from southern Illinois, like me, can understand it. I don't want my boys to become girls or my grand-daughters to become boys. I want my precious family the way God gave it to me. I want our nation to be healthy and right, so they can grow up without being afraid to go outside. We need to get skillful and Godly Wisdom, so we can hand them down a prosperous and Godly country.

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.