Good morning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.
How many times have you guys gone over to your friends’ house very late at night in order to borrow a special tool from them. It was a tool that you didn’t have in your toolbox, but you knew that he would have it. This was because he made his living as a mechanic. All the lights were out, and he was already in bed, but you kept knocking on the door anyway. You needed to get that tool in order to use your car the next morning for work, so you kept knocking over and over again until your friend eventually opened the door, to and give you what you needed
This reminds me of the Christian life.
Sometimes we don’t have something, because we don’t persistently ask for it. Sometimes it comes down to a matter of what’s most important to you. The wisdom that comes from God is one of the greatest things that we can possess in this world. It guides and leads us, a lamp unto our feet, as we walk through the darkness of this place. In order to receive it, you must ask God in faith, believing that you’re gonna get it.
Luke 11:5-13 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
When we study the Holy Scriptures, we find God’s Holy Spirit written on the pages therin. His Holy Spirit speaks to us through His prophets and apostles, and we can find wisdom throughout its margins. It’s waiting for us, but we need to faithfully come and find it, because it is bread that feeds our souls.
James 1:5-7 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
God wants to liberally give us wisdom. When something is done in a liberal manner, it is performed generously. When you sit down at the supper table for dinner, a parent might serve you a generous portion of food. Wisdom is defined as being able to apply knowledge that you have gained, to daily situations in your life. It is the ability to know and apply spiritual truths, to relative parts of your day. The Apostle desired that the church would be filled with the wisdom of God.
Ephesians 1:15-17 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
The Apostle Paul was constantly praying that the church would be filled with spiritual wisdom and understanding.
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Both Stephen and Timothy were wise men in the faith.
Acts 6:8, 10 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
God wants to give us wisdom, and He won’t upbraid us when we come asking for it. To upbraid, means to criticize someone severely. In order to obtain it, we must ask in faith, believing wholeheartedly that you will receive it.
Matthew 21:21-22 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
A prayer of faith is a very powerful thing.
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
When we ask God for wisdom, we need to ask with the type of faith that Abraham possessed.
Romans 4:18-21 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Do you desire wisdom from God? How strong is that desire to obtain it? Are you seeking God persistently and diligently for this precious gift? Do you have the faith of Abraham? If so, I known in my heart……
….Your Gonna Get It
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