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How many of you feel like you made a major mistake this week? Who is struggling with a major decision right now? Who feels like they are at a major cross road of life?
Who knows that you made a tiny decision that in time will be your undoing? Wisdom is what we need.
THE POSTURE FOR GAINING WISDOM. 1-5
Treasure
The idea is to hide that which is of great value so that it cannot be stolen.
How valuable is the wealth of God’s wisdom?
Do we seek to truly incorporate it into our lives or is it just for our passing interests?
Do I see the teaching of Scripture and the leading of the Spirit as the most valuable assets available to me?
Attentive
To position yourself so that your hearing is optimized.
To turn your head so that your good ear is toward what you want to hear.
To turn down or away from the distractions or conflicting sources.
Call out
James 4:2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Do we consistently ask for God’s guidance and wisdom?
Seek it.
This takes us back to treasure and do we see the will and wisdom of God as something valuable and that will enrich us?
Often we see the will of God as the right thing but maybe not truly the best thing.
THE PROMISES OF GAINING WISDOM. 6-11
Verse 6…either God is lying or we are not listening!
The promises:
He gives…its free!
He shields…He protects us
He guides…its accurate…He knows the right way!
He enlightens…you grow in intellect
He gives you discretion…insight and intuition
THE PURPOSE OF GAINING WISDOM. 12-22
To protect you from harm…
There are only two kinds of bad people out there:
Men and women!!!
We have two major areas of vulnerability:
The need for money
The need for love
We will make our biggest mistakes, our biggest failures, and face our biggest temptations in these two areas.
Think back to the biggest mistakes you have made…the majority of us will find it was in regard to one or the other.
We may not face a major challenge everyday…we may not face a major challenge every week or every month…but the devil knows how to tempt and trip humanity…with the two oldest tricks in the book!
Let’s decide to seek God and treasure His wisdom before we find ourselves living with regret.
