Job 28:12-28; Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-33; Matthew 12:38-42. “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” – Job 28:12 Wisdom is not cheap, and you are going to pay a great price for it if you want it. You won’t find it by the side of the road or in your local restaurants or grocery store. If you…

2 Chronicles 1:7-12; James 1:5-8; Proverbs 2:1-12. “Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?” – 2 Chronicles 1:10 If you are born again and have accepted Jesus Christ into your life as your Lord and Savior, then you already possess the…

Esther 4:1-16; Genesis 37:1-11; Acts 7:44-60. “…So it remained here until the time of David who found favor in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.” – Acts 7:45-47 Amp There may be a long line of people…

Isaiah 60:1-6, 18-22; Acts 6:8-15; Genesis 41:37-44; Daniel 12:3. “Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.” – Ecclesiastes 8:1 AMP I am reminded today of a very simple melodious song we used to sing several years ago in traditional African…

Isaiah 11:1-3; Numbers 11:14-17; John 16:7-15; Psalms 23:1-6; Psalms 92:10-15; Ephesians 1:17-20. “If you will turn and give heed to my reproof, behold, I Wisdom will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.” – Proverbs 1:23, AMP The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of wisdom, and we grow in wisdom when there are repeated impartations…

Proverbs 6:6-19; Joshua 1:1-8; Psalms 1:1-3; Daniel 6:1-3; James 2:14-26. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.” – Proverbs 6:6 Wisdom and sluggard are two words that don’t go together. If we want to succeed, we must trust God completely and work hard as though our success depends on our hard work. Prayer is key. Vision is…

2 Samuel 20:14-22; Ruth 1:1-22; 2 Kings 2: 9-15; Luke 16:8-12. “I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?” – 2 Samuel 20:19 Faithfulness is the key to the Double portion, or the full measure of God’s blessing.…

1 Peter 3:8-15; Psalms 39:1-5; James 3:1-13; James 1:19, 20; Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 51:16. “The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” – Isaiah 50:4 Wisdom is the knowledge…

Jeremiah 18:1-6; 1 Kings 12:1-16; James 3:13; Exodus 18:13-22. “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand…” Jeremiah 18:6 One of our neighbors recently shared with my wife and me a principle that her hundred-year-old mother often claims is one…

Genesis 39:1-9; Job 28:20-28; Psalms 111:1-10; Isaiah 33:6; Hebrews 13:1-8. “And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God.” – Genesis 42:18 A passionate commitment to pleasing God in everything we do in our lives, is the foundation of all godly wisdom. Walking in the fear of the Lord will keep the presence of God…