Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman (Proverbs 7:4, KJV) The book of Proverbs personifies wisdom as a woman. And Solomon exhorts us, “say unto wisdom, Thou are my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman”. He wants us to have a very close relationship, as close as the relationship between Read More
Wisdom
Walking in the wisdom of God
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: And with all thy getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7, KJV) The Lord spoke through Solomon in Prov. 4:7 above that wisdom is the principal thing and therefore commands us to get wisdom— at all cost. This has always been a perplexing scripture to me. As a believer, Read More
The Wisdom of the Holy Spirit
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship (Exodus 35:31, KJV) God does whatever He does through His power and wisdom. In fact, I often say it that just as we have two hands that help us carry out our Read More
Five of the Virgins were Wise and Five were Foolish
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish (Matthew 25:2, KJV) The Parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25 has volumes to teach us. In summary, 10 virgins went to meet a bridegroom with their lamps. Five of them were wise and took extra oil and the other five were foolish and Read More
An Excellent Spirit
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.. (Daniel 5:12, KJV) Daniel had an excellent spirit. The term “spirit” here is not referring to an angel or the Holy Spirit. It Read More
What is Wisdom?
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding (Prov. 4:7 KJV) The Lord commands and exhorts us to get wisdom because wisdom is the principal thing in life. This statement should grab our attention given the seriousness with what the Lord instructs us in the verse above. But Read More
King Nebuchadnezzar Fell Upon His Face and Worshipped Daniel
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him (Dan. 2:46 KJV) If you remember who King Nebuchadnezzar is, then you will immediately see what is almost could have been thought impossible in the verse above. He fell on his Read More
Wisdom is Justified of all her Children
But wisdom is justified of all her children (Lk. 7:35 KJV) Jesus gave a public endorsement of John the Baptist, whose ministry had been rejected by the Pharisees. These same Pharisees also rejected the ministry of Jesus and in response to their rejection, Jesus said: “wisdom is justified of all her children”. That means wisdom Read More