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Posted: 05/08/2014 at 6:44am | IP Logged Quote Tage Mathisen

God's Urgent Invitation

Hold on help is on the way (Hebrews 10:35)! The Spirit of
Truth is now releasing Divine Wisdom for divine
strategies for these days of shaking! Passionate seekers
of truth will quickly discover that God has opened wide a
door of divine revelation for them, for all who turn away
from the carnal, natural mind and choose to live by the
Word of God and His Spirit, abiding in God’s holy
Presence (Psalm 91:1). Never forget it is in HIS presence
that fullness of joy abides (Psalm 16:11).

Specifically, this Divine Wisdom will lift us up to a
higher level in the realm of the Spirit so that the Lord
may reveal His divine strategies and plans (1 Cor. 2:6-
7). These divine strategies will reveal the understanding
that Our God Reigns, and He is in complete control. These
divine tactics release to us greater understanding of
unfolding events from a much higher perspective (Isaiah
55:9). None can afford to stumble about in the darkness,
divine light is available (John 8:12).

Consider this powerful promise:

Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and
give you light.

Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and
worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless,
but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),

Making the very most of the time [buying up each
opportunity], because the days are evil.

Therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish,
but understanding and firmly grasping what the will of
the Lord is.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery;
but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit.
Ephesians 5:14-18

Beloved, hear this call! The Lord is imploring us to
receive Divine Wisdom. Specifically, He is extending a
very specific, very urgent invitation to His Bride to
“come up here” (Revelation 4:1) to receive His Divine
Wisdom for His Kingdom’s advancement on earth.

God's plans are perfect—but they do not just simply
occur. God's perfect, heavenly plans are brought to earth
through His divine synchronization: His will and our
obedience working in tandem with the Holy Spirit. The
Lord requires that we participate in collaboration with
the Holy Spirit in order for heaven's purposes to be made
manifest on earth: only the guidance of the Holy Spirit
can bring about the congruence needed to reveal God’s
purposes on earth, His higher way.

Indeed, His ways are much higher than ours and we
desperately need His Spirit to reveal His purposes.
Consider the following Scripture from Isaiah:

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 than your
thoughts.

For as the rain and snow come 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 bread to the eater,

So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it
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 thing for
which I sent it. Isaiah 55:8-11

Obscurity To Prominence

The Bride of Christ will be brought from the corner of
the field (the world’s stage) to the very forefront
because of insights and strategies from heaven. Just as
Boaz promoted Ruth from the corner of the harvest field
to the center of prominence, the Bride of Christ is
coming to the forefront of human history (see Ruth 2:15).

Divine Wisdom is Required

Beloved, seeking Divine Wisdom is not an option. As
believers, we are commanded to attain Godly Wisdom and
prize it above all else. In fact, Scripture instructs us
to obtain Wisdom no matter the cost. Consider the
admonitions of Proverbs 4: 5-9:

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.

Forsake not [Wisdom], and she will keep, defend, and
protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

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).

Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and
promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace
her. She shall give to your head a wreath of
gracefulness; a crown of beauty and glory will she
deliver to you.

How much better it is to get skillful and Godly Wisdom
than gold! Understanding is to be chosen rather than
silver. We are to seek God's Wisdom above all earthly
treasures (Proverbs 16:15-16). In your search you soon
discover that Wisdom is a Person (Christ Jesus) see: 1
Cor. 1:30.

Divine Wisdom vs. Natural Understanding

The Lord said to me, “Knowledge without Wisdom is
worthless; however, knowledge with Divine Wisdom is
priceless!” Consider this profound insight from Proverbs
23:4: “Cease from your own human wisdom.”

What does this mean? Mere human, natural knowledge and
understanding without Divine Wisdom is empty. In fact,
the plans and purposes of man are destined to fail: only
the divine strategies of God will stand (see Matthew
7:24-27). Despite our best efforts and intentions, our
natural mind and human intelligence, without the guidance
and illumination of the Holy Spirit, do not have the
ability to understand the Word of God, commune with God
the Father or follow the leading of the magnificent
Person of the Holy Spirit of God.

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into
the heart of man the things which God has prepared for
those who love Him.

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For
the Spirit searches all things, yes, even the deep things
of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the
spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows
the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have
received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who
is from God, that we might know the things that have been
freely given to us by God.

These things we also speak, not in words which man’s
wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the
natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who
is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly
judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of
Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

In other words, our natural mind is not merely
insufficient: following our carnal thoughts and reasoning
is actually enmity toward God. This is a serious matter,
beloved!

For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be
spiritually minded [is] life and peace. Because the
carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans
8:6-7

As Disciples of Christ, we dare not continue to rely on
our natural minds, but we must renew our minds to become
“spiritually minded.” If we do not renew our minds, our
lack of knowledge of the Holy One will eventually lead to
our destruction! The Spirit of God warns us in an
exceptionally blunt truth in Hosea 4:6: “My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge.”

Scripture is not speaking about mere human knowledge, but
rather divine enlightenment, Wisdom from above. We face
destruction if we fail to appropriate Divine Wisdom—if we
continue to live according to our own human reasoning.

This is not the season to stumble about in the maze of
human philosophy or psychology, vainly speculating about
the future. These mental speculations and examinations
may seem righteous and even holy, but Scripture warns us
that there is a way that appears right unto man however
it is the way of death and destruction (see Proverbs
14:12).

We must allow the Word of God to become “flesh of our
flesh” by replacing the carnal pathways of worldly
reasoning and beliefs with the Person of the Lord Jesus
Christ as revealed to us in Scripture:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is]
that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2

Divine Wisdom—Through Holiness and the Fear of the Lord

No treasure in heaven or on earth is more precious than
this Wisdom from above—Wisdom that is actually the Person
of Christ our Lord! This is why Divine Wisdom is so
extremely important and, indeed, priceless. Wisdom is
Christ Jesus. Paul states this fact so clearly in his
first letter to the church at Corinth:

Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1
Corinthians 1:24

But of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made
unto us wisdom....
1 Corinthians 1:30

God is offering to each of us a much higher Wisdom
released by the Spirit of God. Now is the time to embrace
true Wisdom, Christ Himself.

You might be asking how to obtain this much-desired
Divine Wisdom—the passionate quest and resounding
question throughout human history. The Holy Scriptures
clearly reveal the answer. God's Divine Wisdom isn't
reserved for the special few, but is available to all
believers who hunger for intimacy with the Lord and
sincerely seek to advance His Kingdom.

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 faultfinding, and it
will be given him. James 1:5

And then consider this promise:

But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and
worshipful fear of the Lord—that is Wisdom; and to depart
from evil is understanding. Job 28:28

The reverent fear and worship of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom and skill [the preceding and the
first essential, the prerequisite and the alphabet]; a
good understanding, wisdom, and meaning have all those
who do [the will of the Lord]. Their praise of Him
endures forever. Psalms 111:10

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the
beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge
[its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise
skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the
beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the
knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding.
Proverbs 9:10

What are the steps to receiving the Wisdom from above?

First, we must ask for the Wisdom of God—and keep on
asking, doubting nothing. And then we must understand
that the Lord’s Divine Wisdom is entered through two
gates, holiness (as expressed in humility) and reverence
or fear of the Lord. These are the gates leading to the
pathway of Wisdom. God resists the proud but He gives
grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34, 1 Peter 5:5). What is
this grace that He bestows upon the humble? It is the
grace or divine ability to know Him and His strategies
for bringing His Kingdom to earth—the grace for Divine
Wisdom.

Divine Wisdom—Through the Holy Spirit

It is indeed the Holy Spirit alone who imparts Divine
Wisdom. Notice the words of Christ recorded in John
16:13:

But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving
Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the
whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message
[on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He
hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has
been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to
you the things that are to come [that will happen in the
future].

The Teacher who will lead us into Wisdom is God’s Holy
Spirit. The Spirit alone—not our natural minds—can guide
us into all Truth, Truth in the Person of Christ Jesus
our Lord. Specifically, the Spirit “will announce and
declare to you the things that are to come [that will
happen in the future].”

Divine Wisdom—Through the Word of God

A good, practical exercise for gaining Divine Wisdom is
to study a chapter in the book of Proverbs each and every
day. You will be surprised at the sound Wisdom that will
be imparted to you by the Spirit of God. The greatest
textbook on life is the Holy Bible; within its pages are
the insights that will transform your entire outlook on
life (Psalms 119:9-11). Take time each day to feed your
soul with heaven’s manna.

As you read the Scriptures, approach the Lord with
reverence and awe, humbling yourself before His majesty.
We come not with our own holiness and righteousness, but
clothed in Christ! Approach His throne of grace boldly
and ask our Father God with a sincere heart for the
Wisdom of Christ. Ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten the
eyes of your understanding:

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: The eyes of your
understanding being enlightened… Ephesians 1:17-18

If we ask in simple faith, believing His Word, God has
promised that He liberally bestow this much needed
Wisdom:

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 faultfinding, and it
will be given him. James 1:5

The benefits and blessings of Divine Wisdom are enormous.
Wisdom produces understanding revealing the divine
strategies to navigate uncertain days, which brings
prosperity and favor: “He who keeps understanding shall
prosper and find good” (Proverbs 19:8).

Christ Jesus states that as we seek first His Kingdom,
everything else will be put into proper place (Matthew
6:33).

Divine Wisdom—To Preach Christ in Power

As we humble ourselves and seek God “with clean hands and
a pure heart” (Psalm 24:4), the Spirit of Council will
release to us the much-needed Divine Wisdom for our day.
God desires to release revelation and discernment on a
higher level, bringing us out of the world’s confusion
and chaos. As we renew our minds with the Word of God, we
will know God and “will shine ever brighter and do great
exploits” (Daniel 11:32).

What are those great exploits? Preaching Christ in the
“power” of the Spirit. Our witness of the Gospel is not
to be with “persuasive words of human wisdom” (1
Corinthians 1:17), but, as Paul continues:

…in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your
faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power
of God.

To experience the power of God, Paul knew that he
required the Divine Wisdom of God, not mere human
reasoning. Paul writes that he does not speak “the wisdom
of this age, nor of the rulers of this age,” but rather
he speaks “the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden
wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory.”

Divine Wisdom—the Answer for Humanity

The days that we are facing demand that we all move and
speak in a revelatory—not natural—understanding of the
times and seasons, receiving Godly guidance as we embrace
the promise of Nehemiah 9:20, which assures us that God
will release to us the Spirit of God to guide us.

As world economies implode, retirement savings dwindle
and earthquakes, tsunamis, famines and floods devastate
communities, it would seem that the entire world is
seeking to know what will happen in the future. Without a
real relationship with Christ Jesus, humanity cannot find
true Wisdom. These are days of strong and deep deception.
Most of humanity is deluded, blind to the truth,
stumbling toward death and destruction (Matthew 7:13). As
men and women continue to reject Christ, spirits of fear,
accusation, bitterness, anger, occultism, envy and
jealousy and rejection divide and destroy families,
neighborhoods and nations.

As true followers of Christ, we walk as light-bearers in
a dark age. Through us, the Spirit of God will release
Divine Wisdom to set men and women free from the
captivity of satan’s lies (John 8:12). God’s children
will shine with Divine Wisdom, Christ Himself. We must
rely only on the revelatory light and illumination of
Christ and share His Wisdom with those whose minds are
shrouded by lies and deceptions. It is only in Christ’s
do we truly see light (Psalm 36:9).

Beloved, let us contend for the prize possession of
Christ, the Wisdom of God! Earnestly desire this Divine
Wisdom, seeking Him above all else, and prepare to
witness the mighty power of the Lord to love the addicted
and lost, minister to the poor, heal the sick, raise the
dead, prophesy to nations and advance the Kingdom of God
on earth—through your own hands and heart!

Bobby Conner

http://bobbyconner.org/

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