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We are in a series, Harnessing Your Spiritual Power.
How would your life be different if you were truly walking in the power that God has for
you?
I've combined two studies.
This is actually a study I did years ago called Supernatural Living.
God puts his super on your natural.
It just went so well with Harnessing Your Spiritual Power.
I actually added a whole study today.
We're going to end up with a bonus study on wisdom because God's just been talking to
me so much about the need for wisdom.
As a country, as a people, as families, I don't know that I've ever seen a time as much
as right now where wisdom was so needed.
Do you feel that?
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Let me know you're there and love your feedback on any part of the study.
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If you're watching this live, that is one of the benefits.
We have been in a series, we're on number six, and let me pop it up here, Harnessing
Your Spiritual Power, number six, and today we are talking about the power of wisdom.
I got to tell you, I was completely surprised.
I've studied this subject for years, but I was completely surprised at all of the stuff
that I was, I don't know, either taught again or reminded that I forgot.
Maybe you're like that.
One of the segments I'm going to talk about today, we're going to start with prayer, but
one of the segments I'm going to talk about are the benefits of wisdom.
I like thinking of a spiritual benefit package, and there was so much that Jesus did for us,
being here on earth, being on the cross.
Many think of it just as a way to make it to heaven or whatever, but it's for life here,
to have kingdom living here, to have powerful living here and now.
There was so much that was purchased for us, so many gifts waiting for us to unlock and
to open, and I love that.
Many of us know things like health and abundance and peace and joy.
We know many of these, but how many of you have thought about the wisdom benefit package?
When you work for a company or something, you get a benefit package and you want to
know what's included, medical, dental, vacation, pregnancy, whatever, right?
This benefit package includes wisdom, and I think you're going to be surprised.
Stay till the end.
I got lots of juicy stuff to share with you, but first, let's start with prayer and be
sure to leave your comments, say hello as you're here.
All right.
Father, I just thank you for this day.
This is the day that you have made and we rejoice and are glad in it.
We celebrate it.
Father, I ask that you bless and just completely pour out your spirit on every single person
listening to this.
Lord, you ...
supply all our needs according to your riches and glory.
What do they need, Lord?
Resources, healing, wisdom, Lord, healing in relationships,
healing in their bodies, healing in their finances.
I ask for special blessings today for everybody
on this call and on the broadcast, wherever they may be.
Lord, I ask that you open our spiritual senses.
You say in Hebrews that we need to train
our spiritual senses to discern.
I've been praying a lot about that.
Father, I ask that you open our spiritual senses,
our spiritual eyes.
Let it never be said about us that we have eyes,
but we do not see.
Let it never be said of us that we have ears,
but we do not hear.
Open, like Paul prayed, open the eyes of our heart,
Father God, open the eyes of our heart
that we can truly know and understand and experience
how great is your love for us.
I ask that you just bless this study in Jesus' name.
Amen, amen.
I'm so glad you're here.
So excited to talk about the power of wisdom.
And you know, something interesting,
the scriptures say that wisdom is of the highest value
of the highest value and of the most importance.
It puts a preeminence,
like it says if you're gonna get anything,
you know, many of us are thinking right now,
maybe some of you are about finances or about gold or,
and it says, you know what, this is above rubies.
This is above gold.
This is above silver.
It says with all you're getting, get wisdom.
The Bible puts like highest priority on it.
And many of the verses come from King Solomon
in the book of Proverbs.
It is the book of wisdom.
I'm gonna pull a lot from this book of wisdom.
And if you're hungry, if you're really hungry for wisdom,
here is a little wisdom challenge for you.
Maybe I'll run a challenge someday,
but here's a little challenge for you.
There are 31 Proverbs and there's usually 30 or 31 days
in the month.
Read one chapter of Proverbs a day
and just glean one thing and write it down
and think about it for that day about wisdom.
Well, we're gonna dive in and get into some of those
that I found that some of them just really refreshed me
and surprised me.
I wanna pause and say, good morning, Sarah.
Good morning, Maggie.
Good morning, Tom.
And I see your comments.
I love it.
So glad you are here.
Leave your comments.
And I just look forward to staying in touch with you.
Okay, so it's of the highest value and importance.
Do you know that there are 86 verses about wisdom
just in the book of Proverbs alone?
86 verses.
So, you know, the one who had the most wisdom
wrote a lot about it,
mostly trying to instruct his son.
So look at Proverbs 4, 5.
Proverbs 4, 5.
It says, so make wisdom your quest.
Search for the revelation of life's meaning.
And so, you know, to think about this,
how many of us maybe forget the need for wisdom?
We get so busy in day-to-day living
and the hurry and the shuttle and the scuttle
and the blah, blah, blah, right?
Trying to get everything done
or trying to figure out things.
And yet, if we just back up,
how much of that time every day
is invested in growing our wisdom?
Are you getting wiser every day, every week,
every month, every year?
Of course, you know, we get wisdom
from the school of hard knocks, right?
And just age we gain.
But what if we did what the Bible says here
and we actually made wisdom our quest?
How might our life be different?
What could we pass on to next generations?
What kind of change could we make in our lives
and the lives of others?
And it says in Proverbs 4, 7,
I broke this up into kind of three segments of it.
In the beginning of Proverbs 4, 7,
it says the beginning of wisdom.
So where does wisdom start?
The beginning of wisdom is,
it just sounds so contrary to me,
but get skillful in godly wisdom.
It's preeminent.
So, you know, kind of time.
in with the first verse that I shared, you know, part of wisdom, and you're going to
see this even more when we start saying, well, how do you get wisdom?
Because I'm going to cover that.
I'm going to cover the benefits of wisdom and how you get wisdom.
But part of how you get wisdom, you know, sneak preview, is that you are on a quest
for wisdom.
It's important to you.
You have made a choice in your life.
In my life, I desire to have wisdom.
I desire to have wisdom in my finances.
I desire to have wisdom in my relationships.
I desire to have wisdom in my spiritual walk.
I desire to have wisdom in my parenting skills.
I desire to have wisdom in my business.
You know, there's two ways to go through life.
You know, one is just trial and error.
And so you keep hitting your head on a wall, and when it doesn't work, you go to a different
wall, and when that doesn't work, you know, or maybe God has a better way that we walk
in wisdom and we don't have to keep, you know, pounding our head.
And what if we could walk and you're going to see that this wisdom really includes a
revelation knowledge from God.
So what if we could walk in this wisdom?
And so the second part of that verse says, and with all your acquiring, get understanding.
You know, we are an acquisition society, right?
You've seen the bumper sticker, he who dies with the most toys wins, right?
I mean, we're just like, do I have the newest electronic, you know, the newest iPhone?
Do I have the newest, you know, this, the newest that, the best car, the this, you know,
we're such about acquiring, our life is about acquiring.
And this is saying, you know what, with all your acquiring, because Solomon understood
acquiring.
I mean, he tried everything and women and houses and wine and music and song.
I mean, Solomon was not saying acquiring was bad.
But he says, with all that acquiring, make sure the thing you acquire is wisdom, wisdom.
Are we seeking to acquire wisdom?
And good morning, Kim.
I see you just joined us.
Welcome.
All right.
And so it says, actively seek.
I think this is the first part of this message.
If you're going to have wisdom, it's not a passive thing.
It's something that you're actively going after.
God, you're, you're asking for God, I desire to walk in wisdom.
You're searching.
Like I said, you're reading a proverb a day, you're searching through scripture, really
digesting it and meditating on it, asking God to give you revelation knowledge.
You're actively seeking wisdom.
And also it says spiritual discernment.
I've been, I've been praying a lot about that to increase my level of discernment and to
learn to listen.
So many of us shut that down.
We brush off our, our God given intuition and we don't trust ourselves and we rely on
the media or other people.
And we think, you know, that we ourselves don't have this.
This is telling you to seek spiritual discernment and be willing to listen to that.
You know, some of the most amazing things have happened.
When I listened, it wasn't a bold megaphone, but you knew in your spirit, God was telling
you to do something.
And when you get that, you act on it and you say, God, tell me more.
In fact, one of my favorite parts of seeking wisdom and discernment and understanding is
my prayer time in the morning.
I switched several years ago to having a whole different way of praying.
And what I do is I journal and I actually, you know, we pray to God.
Most of us pray to God like, like he's some, you know, genie in the sky.
Oh God, please bless my family and God, I need finances.
Please help me.
God, protect me.
Keep me safe.
God, you know, change my children and whatever, right?
Change my spouse.
We like rattle off this list of requests to God.
And yes, the Bible says, let your requests be known to God.
No problem.
Come boldly to the throne.
He loves that.
However, comma, what if we did as much listening?
What if we actively sought hearing his voice?
Says my sheep hear my voice and the voice of another they will not follow. Well that requires discernment
How do you know the voice of one Shepherd from another?
and
so one of the things I started doing years ago in the morning is I
Journal, I use two colors of pen and I in pink which is me
I journal a question to God and
And I pray and
I just start writing whatever comes to me. I don't judge it. I don't even hardly look at it
I just let my hand go and sometimes it starts slow
it just might say my dearest daughter write whatever comes to you and you just keep writing and you'll come to a pause point and
then say is that all God or is there more and
Often more will come I'm
Telling you that the most powerful revelation for me and I do that in purple so that later
I go back a few days later a week a month a quarter later
I go back and I read all the purple and I can see how much God was preparing me
For what was coming and I believe this is a lot what this is talking about
actively seek
Spiritual discernment and mature comprehension and logical
Interpretation, you know, it's so easy to pull one verse out of the Bible and make a case. That's not
logical
interpretation
Proverbs 3 15 says wisdom is more precious than
rubies
You know, I've always said
When and if I get married again, I don't want a diamond. I want a ruby. I just think they're so beautiful and
This says, you know more than a ruby
Wisdom wisdom is more
precious than rubies and
Nothing you desire
Can compare with wisdom?
well, let's
Talk about that. You might want to put that in the notes, you know, write that right now, right?
Write what you've got out of that. Let that dig in write down wisdom is more precious than rubies
Nothing you desire can compare with wisdom
Write that down. Nothing I desire compares with wisdom
all right, let's talk about the benefits of
Wisdom the benefit package your
Spiritual benefit package. Let's talk about that. What are some of the benefits?
Did you know that one of the benefits of wisdom is protection
You know, we often ask God, you know, please protect me be with me guide me whatever right?
But did you know that built into your benefit package built into?
Acquiring wisdom that there's protection that comes with wisdom
There's protection and I believe there is physical protection. Mm-hmm. I believe there's spiritual protection. I
Believe there's financial protection
Of having this
wisdom and this
spiritual
Discernment, you know this weekend. I went up to Bridal Veil Falls up off of Highway 50
above Placerville and
We were gonna take a nice hike there's picnic tables
we were gonna go down this trail and go for a hike like we often do on the weekends and
I got to the top of the trail
Have you ever had this feeling where every part of your being is saying something's not right?
Something's not right. Something's not right and
You know to be honest. I tried to brush it off. I was excited to go hiking
I was excited to be in this beautiful place
And so I tried to kind of brush it off and I I kept walking a little further
It got stronger and stronger and stronger. It's like you are not safe here
This is not a safe place. I
Really like rarely almost never walk in fear so this is super unusual for me and
I knew I had to listen and I turned and I got out of there really fast and
I believe this is part of wisdom that you know
The Bible says that the Holy Spirit is here to lead us to guide us to protect us to guide us into all truth
to show us things to come and
I believe that part of this
Protection found in wisdom is to be willing to walk in active
Revelation and I don't know what I was protected from but I've learned enough to listen
I've also learned to listen when he's he's telling me something good to do like a few months ago when he told me to shot
Is to start prosper TV?
Prosper TV. I mean the
blessings that have come already out of being obedient and
starting prosper TV the healing that the
Internal healing of women that has come about has been so supernatural
So, you know, it can be absolute
Protection blessing. So look at this. Look at this verse in Proverbs 4 6
it says
Don't turn your back on wisdom
She will protect you. I
Love you know in a in a male culture when this was written in a male
Dominated culture. I find it fascinating that wisdom is always referred to as a she that's fascinating to me
So don't turn your back on her
she will protect you love her and
She will guard you. So the first benefit of
Wisdom is protection and the more wisdom you have I believe the greater
You know protection the second benefit. Did you know that wisdom leads to honor and
favor I
Found that fascinating
Wisdom leads to honor and favor, you know, we all
desire to walk in God's favor and
That's a natural
benefit of wisdom
Look at this in Proverbs 4 8
Wisdom will exalt you when you exalt her truth
she will lead you to honor and
favor
When you live your life by her insights
So notice
You know, there's a there's a saying I use as a coach, right
You know the energy flows where the attention goes or whatever you focus on
expands
Well, well, this is really that concept. This is saying if you actively seek wisdom and you
Exalt it in other words you make wisdom a priority in your life
You may getting wisdom a priority in your life
You lift it up you give it your focus your attention it in turn
Not only protects you but lifts you up. It leads you to honor. It leads you to favor
If you live your life by her insights
So in other words not only learn what wisdom is but apply it so
benefits of wisdom protection
Honor and favor and then look at this
Did you know can you believe this? I mean how many of you you know desire to have longevity and
especially
Healthy longevity like, you know for me, that's a big goal. I you know, I'm a salsa dancer
I want to be dancing at 120. I want to be hiking at 120
I want to be playing with my grandkids 120 and and I believe that the Bible says that that is doable for us
right and
Did you know that part of longevity is?
wisdom
Wisdom one of the benefits is longevity
So look at this Proverbs
9 11 Proverbs 9 11
Wisdom will extend your life. There it is. Highlight that that's a promise
I don't know what you what color you do promises in your Bible, but man color that one
wisdom will extend your
life and
It's not just a matter of living longer, but it's like the quality of the life in every year
so look at the promise here wisdom will extend your life and
Every year will be more
fruitful
Than the one before, you know biblically that's the law of increase
We're called
Jesus has called us to be fruitful and to increase
Nowhere in the Bible
Doesn't say we're supposed to continuously get you know sicker and sicker older and older broker and broker
No
That's not what we're called to when you really understand scripture. And so
This is saying that not only will wisdom give you longevity,
but wisdom will make that time fruitful,
rich, every year better than the year before.
You know, often on Facebook,
when I send a happy birthday message,
I'll often say, may this be the best year of your life.
I always put it in the word so far,
because we don't want that year to be the best
and that's the end.
Bible says we go from glory to glory to glory.
Let this be, right, your best year so far.
So longevity, right?
Protection is a benefit.
Honor and favor is a benefit.
Longevity is a benefit.
Prosperity.
Prosperity comes with wisdom, with wisdom.
We need so much wisdom.
Understanding finances, understanding our purpose
and why we're here.
Look at Proverbs 19, eight.
Do yourself a favor.
You're loving yourself by doing this stuff.
You know, this is pouring into you.
Do yourself and your children and your children's children
and your community and your world.
Do yourself a favor and love wisdom.
Learn all that you can.
You know, one of the habits I have seen from great leaders
and great people is they dedicate one hour a day,
or some people do five hours a week,
but dedicate one hour a day to learning something new,
to studying.
Pick something.
Whatever area that is super important to you right now.
Learn about finances, learn about business.
Maybe learn something in your business.
You know, as a coach, because I'm a coach to coaches,
you know, I have to stay on top of everything changing
in technology and so, you know,
I'm always studying, always learning.
Learn about relationships.
Doing something new.
Learn about gardening.
Learn about fitness.
Learn about diet.
Learn about eating.
Learn about whatever.
Continuously advance yourself by dedicating one hour a day
to studying something.
So it says learn all you can
and then watch your life flourish and prosper.
When we love wisdom, our life flourishes.
We prosper.
Okay, and I saw that so many places.
I'm just giving you little samples of it.
So the question then is how do we get this wisdom?
How do we get wisdom?
Well, one of my favorite verses, I love this verse.
It's a powerful verse
and it's found in James chapter one, verse five
and it says, if any of you lack wisdom
and I like the amplified translation.
If you lack wisdom to guide you through a decision,
are you trying to make decisions right now
through this pandemic?
I mean, I had so many decisions
because my heart was to help women completely pivot
and to come out through this challenging time,
to come out healthier, stronger, more prosperous,
making a difference, advancing the kingdom of God.
And so it was so important for me to seek wisdom.
How can I best serve?
And there were so many big decisions.
I mean, during this pandemic, I have a new website.
I have a new membership site.
I have a new TV show.
You know, I have a co-certification.
There was so much so that I would be able to help women
be able to pivot and find and do something that they love,
that they were put on this planet to do
and to totally prosper and totally make a difference.
So while others are crying
that this is the worst time in the history,
my prayer is that they would shine and they would rise.
And that's what has happened.
And so it says, if any of you lack wisdom
to guide them through a decision
or guide them through a circumstance,
you are not defined by your circumstances.
You shape your circumstances.
That mountain doesn't move you.
You are called to move the mountain.
And so it says, if that's true for you,
if you lack wisdom, if you desire wisdom,
ask of our benevolent, our generous, our merciful.
loving Father God who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame and it will be
given.
In other words, our God isn't some, some, you know, Santa Claus checking the list and
checking it twice.
Hmm.
Shall I give this person wisdom?
Well, no, they were a little selfish over here.
Now, maybe.
No, no, no, no, no.
Scripture says God loves to give.
He loves a cheerful giver because that's in his nature and he loves to give.
He gave so much.
He gave his only son.
What else?
Scripture says, will he withhold?
Of course, if you ask wisdom, he's going to give you wisdom.
He loves it.
And not only does he give it to you, it says, but lavishly, generously.
And so the first step, how do we get wisdom is to ask, ask for wisdom.
And it says here, this is a first Corinthians two seven in the amplified translation, the
beginning of it, it says, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery.
The wisdom once hidden from man, but now, now revealed to us by God.
I have been fascinated to find a lot of scriptures that say that God is actually hiding things,
not from us, but for us.
Like did you ever do Easter egg hunts with your kids?
And you know, depending on their age, right?
If they were pretty young and not so great, you know, you put the little egg in the, you
know, little crevice of the couch or something, you know, pretty easy.
But as they grew older, you thrilled to find ways to hide it, that they had to really work
to find it.
Do you know there is a lot of scriptures in the Bible that God does that for us?
It's his joy for us to dig.
It's his joy for us to seek.
And in that there is this revelation knowledge that he loves to give us.
And so that verse continues and says that wisdom, which God predestined before the ages
to our glory, to lift us into the glory of his presence.
And so this revelation knowledge literally lifts our awareness, it lifts our consciousness.
Do you know the Bible says that we are seated with high places with Christ?
We're seated at the right hand of God.
We're seated in high places.
And scripture goes on and actually says, you, I have the mind of Christ.
So think about this.
If you are the temple of God, which the Bible says you are, and you are the container of
God, the temple of the Holy Spirit, you contain the Holy Spirit.
And scripture says this is the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead.
And it says you have access to all wisdom, to all revelation, to all knowledge.
You actually are seated in high places with God, that you actually have the mind of Christ.
And yet, can you imagine having all of that and staying down in the weeds, looking at
your problems, studying your problems, thinking about your problems, meditating on your problems,
talking about your problems, and not looking at it from a heavenly perspective.
You know, that is like giving someone a million dollars because they're in hard times and
they say, Oh, I'm okay.
I'll figure it out.
Thank you.
I'll figure it out.
We got this.
This is what God has promised.
This is, this is our benefit package.
Look at Proverbs 24, 13.
It says revelation knowledge is a delicacy.
You ever had a, just a wonderful delicacy of food, right?
Revelation knowledge is a delicacy.
It's sweet like honey that melts in your mouth.
And it says, eat as much of it as you can, my friend.
How much revelation knowledge are you walking in?
How much have you asked God about what you're going through not the dear God
please help me preach protect me please bless me not the grocery list prayer
God I desire to know your heart in this matter tell me about this person what do
you want me to pray for this person how can I serve tell me about this problem
what is a heavenly solution tell me about this situation how do you see it
God in fact you can go so far as to say tell me about me have you ever done this
this will rock your world I did this on a retreat probably 30 years ago we were
told to go by ourselves just sit I was in a beautiful kind of wilderness I sat
up on a rock ask God to show you you as he sees you ask God to show you the way
that he sees you because we're so good at cutting ourselves down I got too many
wrinkles I'm too fat I'm too skinny I'm too old I'm too dumb I'm Tom man but how
does God see you and how would your life be different if you saw yourself
through God's eyes if you saw yourself the way that he saw you and and what
about that person that he's put in your life that maybe is causing you to grow
maybe he's a challenge she's a challenge maybe it's friction what would happen if
you saw that person the way that God saw and what about that circumstance that
seems to have you so stuck that you can't get a breakthrough what would
happen if you saw that mountain that circumstance that challenge through God's
eyes what would happen and so scripture says part of getting wisdom is when you
start prizing it when you start cherishing it you know there's a saying
what you appreciate appreciates and wisdom is no different if you appreciate
wisdom if you seek after it if you value it if you exalt it if it's important to
you if it's a priority to grow in wisdom if it's more of a priority than
watching the next whatever or reading the next whatever or doing the next
whatever if wisdom is more valuable to you than rubies then surely scriptures
already promised she'll protect you she'll lead you into honor and favor and
if you prize and cherish it then it says prize wisdom and exalt her and she
will exalt you she will honor you if you embrace her isn't it interesting that we
strive and strive to be you know first or best or you know noticed or whatever
it is that we're striving for recognized or you know whatever right but what
would happen if instead we change the focus on God I desire wisdom I exalt
wisdom book of Proverbs says that wisdom is crying out from the streets God has
created that there's wisdom everywhere but if we're not tuned in we're missing
it and this is saying if you'll exalt it she'll exalt to you and so this requires
that we're open and we're receptive and we're we're actively seeking we're
actively open where we say to God I'm open I'm receptive I desire wisdom right
look at Proverbs 2 to it says so that your ear is attentive to skillful and
godly wisdom and apply your heart to understanding seeking it consciously and
striving for it eagerly so there's a lot here it starts with attentiveness you
know we have something in the brain right that um that filters right our
amygdala filters out what we see because we've got you know I don't know how many
million bytes of information coming at us every second the brain is taking it
all in but what makes it through believe it or not is up to you
choice what makes it through of all the things all around you what makes it
through is what you choose what you decide is important and all of you
probably experiences you probably had a car that you really desired to buy uh you
know for me I had wanted a Tesla right and so it's amazing I'll see every Tesla
everywhere every color never miss it other people probably never even notice
it because I'm tuned to that so are we attuned is our ear attentive to wisdom
are you are you seeking wisdom so that when you find it you even know that you
found it skillful and godly wisdom and then once we're attentive now apply your
heart to understanding it so you you strive for it eagerly here it is in the
new living translation it says turn your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to
understanding well of course one of the biggest places where we can find wisdom
is in the word right the Bible Proverbs 19 7 says the law of the Lord is perfect
it's flawless and look what the word does the word restores you the word
refreshes your soul remember biblically your soul is your mind will and emotions
your mind your will and your emotions and you know what I don't know about you
does your mind get tired does your will get tired does your emotions get jacked
up are you carried away you know if you're an empath or you're intuitive are
you are you picking up on other people's emotions well guess what the word
restores your soul your mind will and emotions right Psalm says the same thing
I have it hanging on my wall Psalms 23 3 says he restores my soul think about
restoration like a car if you restore you restore jewelry or you restore
furniture right that's what he does to our soul he restores it he refreshes
rivers of living water come out of our belly so one of the ways we get wisdom
is from the word and that's why I recommended at the beginning read one
proverb a day make that part of your spiritual practice that's a powerful way
to get wisdom you know interestingly enough the Bible says wisdom cries out
from the street so we get wisdom also if we just start being open and receptive
to everything happening around us if we just tune in and you know it's so
fascinating that King Solomon even tuned in to the ant and learning from nature
and so King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 6 6 he says when you're feeling lazy come
and learn a lesson from this tale of the tiny ant yes all of you lazy bones
this is from the passion translation so it's modern language come learn from the
example of the ant and enter into wisdom I wonder how much wisdom we would get if
we just slowed down and looked around us and we watched the ant and the bee I know
Eckhart Tolle had such an experience just sitting and looking at a rose and
studying the rose but how much wisdom is there just around nature and so it says
look at the example of the ant it says the ants and this is fascinating for
those of you that are entrepreneurs this is fascinating right because the ants
have no chief no boss no manager you know one of the things as a coach that I
have to do that I get to do is help entrepreneurs learn to be entrepreneurs
because many of them came from jobs and in a job you were told what to do and
you were told when to work and you were told when to show up and you were told
when you were vacation and now all of a sudden you're an entrepreneur or this
pandemic is doing this for a lot of people now all of a sudden you got all
the time in the world and and how do you organize your life to get maximum
effectiveness you see the ant understands that the ant doesn't have a
chief or a boss or a management no one has to tell them what to do and yet
you'll see them working and toiling and they understand the law of the seasons
they're toiling all summer long stockpiling their food in preparation
for winter you know when I when I look at this
I think of the wisdom that God gave Joseph, you see, when it came to circumstances,
Joseph circumstances sucked. I mean, I mean, he went through a life none of us probably want to
go through, right? But he walked in wisdom and revelation, knowledge. And so here, Joseph is
betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery. And yet when he starts working for Potiphar,
he has incredible wisdom. And yet, a woman tries to set him up and seduce him. And because he
walks in integrity, he ends up in jail, she falsely accuses him. Now he's in jail. And you
think how did it go? Why did he get punished? Why did God one question people often have is why did
God allow this? Joseph was walking in integrity, he walked away from temptation. Why, quote unquote,
would God allow him then to be punished and put in prison? This is a question that Christians have
or non believers have, right? And so but he continued to walk in this revelation, knowledge
in prison, and he continued to faithfully steward his gifts, and he interpreted dreams, you see,
he grew, he practiced the art of discernment and interpreting dreams and spiritual gifts.
And he told people when they got out, when it all happened, he said, Remember me and they didn't.
And you say, Why would God allow this? Why would God let him stay in jail all of this time,
and not reward his faithful serving until one day, in the fullness of time,
the Pharaoh, the highest in the land, had a dream that could not be interpreted. And now,
Joseph had been refined through Potiphar's house through the prison.
Now, when he showed up, he had so much wisdom and revelation knowledge. And like this aunt,
Joseph told him a famine is coming in seven years, let's do this. It raised him. Remember,
we read at the beginning, wisdom will exalt you. If you exalt wisdom, it exalt you. If you honor
wisdom, it'll raise you to honor. Look at Joseph raised to the second highest in the land, because
he had revelation knowledge. He had wisdom, he knew what to do. And this is the end. It says they
they store in the summer because they understand that winter is coming. Powerful, powerful. We also
get wisdom from our associations. Look at this. He who walks as a companion with wise men will be
wise. But the companions of fools, those that are conceited or dull-witted,
they're fools themselves, and they'll experience harm. So are the people you're associating with
bringing wisdom to you? Or are you holding with fools? Also, having the right perspective.
This is one of my favorite verses and prayers in scripture. Psalms 90 verse 12 says,
teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. I think this is probably the
biggest part of wisdom. That you don't assume that you have tomorrow. That you learn to stay
in the present and know you only have right now. And that you actively seek God for what do you
have for me today, right here, right now. I don't know about tomorrow and the Bible tells me not to
worry about tomorrow. The Bible tells me not to fret about tomorrow. I have today. What wisdom
can I walk in today? What love can I walk in today? And so this perspective of asking God to
number our days to having a proper perspective actually gives us a heart of wisdom. Well,
finally, the source of wisdom, as I opened with, is found in Christ. Colossians 2, 3 says,
our spiritual wealth, this is your wealth. This is your inheritance. This is your inheritance
spiritual stimulus package, if you will. Our spiritual wealth is in him. And remember,
I talked about the treasure. Remember, I talked about the treasure. And by the way, hello,
I want to know how to pronounce your name. Mekiketh? I hope I'm doing that right. I'm so
glad you're here. Welcome from Baltimore. Welcome, Jenny. Thanks for all of your comments.
Welcome, Teresa. I'm so glad you're here. I've got to pop over there to Facebook for a second.
All right, let's wrap it up. Let's look at this quote as we begin to wrap it out.
Our spiritual wealth is in him.
Him. You know, Scripture says that we're actually engrafted in Christ. If you've
studied engrafting and grafting in trees, the way that one is engrafted into the
other so that it becomes one tree and you really can't tell the difference
from the stock to what was added. Scripture says this is how we are to be
with Christ. And I mentioned earlier, we have the mind of Christ. We're one with
Christ. We're seated in high places with Christ. How we forget that. How we act
like we're separate. Like God is so far away from us. But look at this verse.
Remember I talked about the Easter egg and the hiding, how God hides for us?
Your spiritual wealth is in Him. Look at this. Like a hidden treasure waiting to
be discovered. You see, you have all of this inheritance. You have this
spiritual stimulus package. But it's not just thrown at you like trash. It's
hidden. It's all there. And God is like the parent at the Easter egg hunt. You
want your kids to find every egg. You're not trying to set them up for failure.
God's not trying to set you up for failure. He wants you to have access to
all of the kingdom. You know, the Bible says it's the Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom. You know, it says that the Father delights in your
prosperity. God wants you to be prosperous physically, spiritually,
emotionally, relationally. God desires you to have every good and perfect gift.
He gave all for that. But it's not just thrown at you. It's hidden, not from you.
He's not hiding things from you. He's not keeping things from you. He's hidden them
for you. Because the joy that comes from digging it up and finding it for
yourself, it's so powerful. And it'll really be yours. And it'll really be
real. If I just tell you how to do something, you know, when I'm coaching,
maybe I'm teaching some type of technology or social media or something
new, right? I can just do it. Boopity boopity boop. Easy. And chances are you
won't even remember what I said. Or I can share screens and have you do it. And I
watch you and I walk you through it. And as you discover it, and it becomes yours,
it's so powerful. This is what the Father has for us. Our spiritual wealth is in Him
and like a hidden treasure, waiting to be discovered. Your spiritual stimulus package
is waiting to be discovered. Heaven's wisdom. Did you catch that? Heaven's
wisdom. And endless riches of revelation. Did you catch that? There's no limit to
the revelation you can get. There's no limit to the blessings. That revelation
knowledge, that knowing that comes, that revealed knowledge that God gives us,
is endless. Endless. It says, for who has known the mind and purposes of the Lord
so that you can instruct them? So, it's a kind of rhetorical question. You know,
can you instruct God? How can you even know God's mind? Like, what do we know?
What do we know about God? I like to say, the older I get, the less I know. Why?
This is a big but. This is one of the big buts you want to circle. We have the mind
of Christ. Are you aware of that? Are you conscious of that? Are you tapping into
that? We have the mind of Christ to be guided by His thoughts, His purposes.
I mean, imagine that. How phenomenal to think that we have access to that. So,
I'm going to close in prayer. I am so excited that you're here. I want to share something
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let's close in prayer.
Let's wrap this up.
Have you been blessed?
I pray that this really opened your eyes
to all the benefits,
all that God wants to give you.
So Father, we thank you for the gift of wisdom.
We thank you for the mind of Christ.
We thank you for the spirit of God that lives in us.
And Holy Spirit, we just ask that you open our ears,
you attune us, that we give attention to this wisdom.
We ask that you equip us and empower us
to actively seek this wisdom, Lord God,
that we may walk in this wisdom.
Lord, we just thank you for this study.
Let it go in deep, seal it, Lord God.
Let it cause transformation.
Let it bring healing.
Let us walk in greater revelation knowledge.
Let us walk in greater love.
I pray that you prosper every person listening,
prosper them physically, emotionally,
spiritually, relationally, Lord God.
You've said that in Ephesians,
that there is a good life,
a path to a good life that you prepared
before the foundation of the earth.
You said that you delight in our prosperity.
God, I pray that every woman will know
that she's worthy of that,
that she can have that,
that she lacks nothing.
Lord, I pray you heal whatever wounds.
I pray you cancel any assignment against her.
I pray you cancel every negative word
that's ever been spoken over her or him,
whoever's listening, Lord God.
I pray this all in Jesus' name.
Amen, amen.
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