1 Kings 3:3-5 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David
his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that
altar.
5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night: and God said, ask what I shall give thee.
Most
everyone knows that Solomon was the son of King David.
Solomon was
a righteous man that loved God.
He walked in
the fullness of God.
He walked in
the presence of God at all times.
When he
became King, he was not material minded.
He kept his
focus on the things of God, not material things.
When God
asked Solomon; what do you wish for. Solomon replied, a discerning heart.
1 Kings 3:12-14
12 Behold, I have done according to thy
words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so, that there
was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked,
both riches, and honour: so, that there shall not be any among the kings like
unto thee all thy days.
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to
keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will
lengthen thy days.
If we are
walking in the presence of God, Satan cannot harm us… he can’t steal from us.
2 Samuel 22:3-4
3 The God of my rock; in him will I
trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my
refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so
shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Walking in
His presence, arms you with strength and makes your way perfect.
If you will keep
the ways of the Lord, he will deal with you according to your righteousness.
You can have
boldness in his presence
Walking in
love is always in His presence.
If you want
to prosper Love the anointed.
Deuteronomy
8:17-20 17 And thou say
in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the Lord
thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods,
and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall
surely perish.
20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so
shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
The ability
to get wealth is born out of love.
Your
obedience to love is the ability to get wealth.
The ability
to have God’s fullness in your life,
The ability
to have peace, nothing missing and nothing broken…that is born out of love.
It is love
and obedience that gives you power.
Acts
1:8 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
This is the
reason God blessed Solomon so much… he had love in his heart, he was not
materially minded, or greedy about riches.
He just wanted to please God.
He only
asked for wisdom so he could be a great king. God blessed him to be the
smartest and the richest man that ever lived.
All because
he was walking in the fullness of God. Walking in the fullness of God also
depends on Wisdom.
Proverbs 1:1-7 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of
David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment,
and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge
and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man
of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words
of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Wisdom is
made available to everyone.
No one needs
to be a failure.
The wisdom
of God is always at our disposal.
It is
present in us and with us thru the Holy Spirit.
1 Chronicles
22:12 12 Only the Lord give thee
wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou
mayest keep the law of the Lord
thy God.
Wisdom lies
dormant, until we act on and confess the word of God.
Until we
place our dependence on God, his ability remains dormant.
Not using
knowledge is a lack of wisdom.
Wisdom grows
out of love.
Success
grows out of wisdom.
Wisdom never
acts outside of love.
Because love
is the basic law of God.
The realm of
God’s love, makes its own love.
Its law is
always above the law of our senses.
We can have
Gods will incorporated into our will.
We can have
Gods mind incorporated into our mind.
We can have
the health and vigor of God incorporated into our bodies.
We can have
strength, ability and wisdom of God.
We can have
all of this thru Gods wisdom.
Proverbs
1:2 2 To know wisdom
and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs
1:5 5 A wise man will
hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto
wise counsels:
This is what
faith is built on.
Romans
10:17 17 So then faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Proverbs
1:17 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Wisdom is
the ability to use knowledge and make it worthwhile.
Knowledge
alone is not enough.
Only three
percent of people in business for themselves succeed.
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom
among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the
princes of this world, that come to nought:
The wisdom
we use to those who are mature in the Lord doesn’t belong to this world.
Or the
rulers of this world… who are in power today and gone tomorrow.
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they
known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Not one of the rulers of this world
has known it.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us
by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of
God.
The spirit searches out everything
and shows us even Gods deepest secrets.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
No one can know Gods thoughts,
except Gods own spirit.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit
of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God.
God has actually given us His
spirit, so we can know things of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in
the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
We speak words given to us by the
Holy Spirit… using the Holy Spirits words to explain spiritual truths.
14 But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
People who are not Christians can’t
understand these truths from Gods spirit… it sounds foolish to them, because
only those who have the spirit can understand what the spirit means.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all
things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
We who have the spirit of God,
understand these things.
But others cannot understand us at
all. How could they?
16 For
who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the
mind of Christ.
Who can know
what the Lord is thinking? Who can give Him counsel… or who can instruct God?
We can
understand the wisdom of God only because he has given us the mind of God.
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