Understanding Brings Confidence, Part 3

We continue our study on understanding Godly Wisdom, which brings us confidence in God’s desire for our success.  This understanding also assures us He has given us His power to overcome challenges in our lives in this present world.

Every time we as God’s children say that we are getting Wisdom, we are actually saying that we are getting the Wisdom of God, Who is Christ the Anointed One.  His anointing is expressed in the person of the Holy Spirit.  We know that anointing is God’s ability on us to remove the burdens and destroy the yokes of bondage satan is trying to impose on us in the form of sickness and disease, poverty, fear, anxiety, rejection — and the list could go on and on.

With the getting of the Wisdom of God, we are getting understanding of the Word.  Understanding brings confidence or faith to overcome bondages and burdens.  People are trying to achieve confidence in the Lord or develop faith in Him to get results when they don’t yet have the understanding of the Word that they are confessing for results.  Here is where we have missed it:  We have been looking for results from a mechanical speaking of the Word without understanding and, thus, without confidence.  Without understanding, the first time something comes our way to test the confession of that Word, we fold and ask:  “Why?  I don’t understand.  Nothing is happening.  I am speaking the Word.”  There is our clue—-I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

What we must do when a situation comes up where we don’t have confidence that we will come through to the other side, we ask the Holy Spirit to bring understanding to us of the Word who is Jesus Christ (John 1:1-5), Who is the Wisdom of God.

Then, when the understanding comes, or we may call it rhema, (which produces Bible hope), we are ready for the next step, the confidence level or faith.  Then, when we speak the word out of our mouth, we release the Holy Spirit, or the anointing, to bring the results or manifestation in our lives.  Since we then know that it is not OUR much doing that will produce the results, we are then confident and REST IN HIM regardless of what is happening.  We know that He is taking care of it.  We have confidence in Him, not in what we are doing on our own.  We are no longer fretting and fuming and agitated and worried about what WE ARE GOING TO DO.

Understanding Brings Confidence, Part 2

When we say the principal thing is Wisdom, we are saying in essence that the principal or main thing is Christ because He is the Wisdom of God.  “But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24).  (Christ) “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:4).

But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil (Proverbs 1:33, Amplified Bible).

We see here in Proverbs that when we listen to Wisdom (Christ) we will be confident in the Lord.  We must daily ask the Holy Spirit of God to guide us with His Wisdom, the Wisdom of God.  He guides us in what we read, what we say, where we go, and how we do things.  He is our Guide and Teacher and Helper.  It is His desire to give us what we have asked for.  He desires to give us more than we desire to receive.

But desire is not enough.  It is a starting point, but we must go beyond that to faith and love and patience.  Patience is consistently believing God is willing to perform His Word for us and not only willing to but WILL perform His Word for us.

So what if it has been a long time.  So what if His Word has not seemed to work in our lives.  That does not change the effectiveness of His Word.  His Word is still true for you and me.  How many times I used to question God and tell Him that I did not understand and get so upset with Him and those around me who seemed to be getting their prayers answered.

This is a word in due season for someone.  Don’t give up.  Never give up.  Always go forward.  God is there for you.  I know from experience that He will not fail you.  Continue to trust Him, even when it looks like it is not doing any good.  Trust Him.  Believe Him.  Have confidence in Him.

Know God loves you unconditionally, no strings attached.  Your dear Heavenly Father loves you.  Decide to love Him and believe Him, if you never ever get one prayer answered.  He is more important than one answered prayer.  Your relationship with Him is vital to your sense of peace and well-being.  All of us must come to the point where He is more important than anything we will ever receive from Him.  When that happens, the receiving is easy.  Love makes receiving easy.

Understanding Brings Confidence, Part 1

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:  and with all your getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7).

We as God’s children must know that God’s Wisdom is what we must acquire in order to operate effectively in this world.  Get wisdom.  With all your getting of wisdom, you will get understanding.  In order to be successful and walk in victory in our lives, we must understand how God operates His kingdom

Understanding brings confidence to us regarding God’s desire and total ability to take care of us.  Yes, God greatly desires, longs for and passionately wants to be the One Who is allowed to give us everything He has—-health, prosperity, love, joy, peace, contentment, happiness, and days of heaven on earth in our relationships.

God is not holding back anything from you and me.  What happens is that we don’t always understand how to allow Him to do what He loves to do.  He loves to pour out on us all the benefits of His whole kingdom.  The challenge is not in His giving.  The challenge is in our receiving.  We get annoyed when things don’t happen AS we want them to happen, WHEN we want them to happen.  We blame God and get upset with those who teach that He is a good God and rewards faith.

God’s Word is true for you and me whether we see it operating in our lives or not.  If it is not operating, it is not God’s fault.  When we finally accept that fact and swallow our pride and admit that we missed it, then in our humility we can ask the Lord to show us how to receive.

We lose battles because we are not assured in our inner man that God will come through for us.  After all, we reason, He has not done anything for me so far, and it’s been a long time.  It makes no difference how long it has been, God still is waiting with the answer for you.  It’s still there.  Don’t give up now, when you are so close to winning.