FRESH START TODAY - Know the wisdom of God (Blog 48)

FRESH START TODAY – Wisdom that comes from God – August 8, 2012 by Lenni Nordloh Proverbs 2:6-11, For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. Then you will understand what is right and just and fair — every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. NIV Proverbs is the book that was written by king Solomon who desired and asked for wisdom above anything else in prayer to God. He wanted the wisdom to be to rule God’s people justly and rightly. God gave him what he asked for and more. Was Solomon so different than the rest of humanity? Do we have the availability to ask God for the same thing? Wisdom? What a wonderful and beautiful gift. We could ask God for the wisdom to understand His grace that has been given to believers through Jesus Christ our Lord. He would open the doors to understanding, because this would please the Lord. People are so caught up with their daily lives that they do not stop to ask for wisdom for the day. A fresh start of wisdom for every day would be a blessing! We have decisions to make and actions to take, so why not include the Lord in our daily activity? What a blessing to acknowledge and surrender to the Holy Spirit to assist us in our every move during the day. To know that we have invited the Lord to be with us could make us direct our thoughts and actions in a different light. Could it not? We sometimes desire to help change others, but do you suppose the Lord may want us to be silent and allow the Holy Spirit to change others that need changing? A spiritual sister once said that we if we all prayed blessings of wisdom on our enemies as well as those that we love we would witness the activity of the Holy Spirit. When we do this it seems the burden drops off our shoulders and drop on to Jesus, giving Him the rains to choose the blessings. Do you suppose that He has more experience in changing a heart than we might know? God is a big boy and He can handle humanity much better than we do. He may choose to work through us, but we must have a humble heart of love for the Holy Spirit to be able to touch another heart. It may be like watching a clear river flow down a mountain ravine that does not have branches or large rocks to stop the flow. We can become stiff necked (the large branches) and judgmental (the large rocks). We bow or bend like a large branch in the water. This hinders the direct flow and the river has to go around us in order to get where it needs to travel. The branch may actually cause muddy waters if it stays stiff necked. The flow of the Holy Spirit is amazing to watch when God is working in the heart of a person. It takes time to build the character of Jesus Christ in the heart of any person due to our humanity and sinful nature. There may be times when we have to let go and let God do what He wants to do through our lives. God hates the proud, but lifts up those that are humble. (I Peter 5:6) He is blessed when we have total faith in His wisdom. He knows what is best. The scriptures tell us today that when we ask for wisdom we will know what is just, fair and right and it will be pleasant to our souls. God’s discernment through the power of the Holy Spirit will protect us and guard our hearts. Sometimes our prayers need to be “Lord help change me!”