Open Heaven 2nd October 2017 (Monday) – THE MOST NEEDFUL THING

Memorise
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore
get wisdom: and with all thy getting get
understanding. Proverbs 4:7

Open Heaven 2nd October 2017 Bible Reading: Proverbs 4:5-9

Pro 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Pro 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Pro 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Pro 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Pro 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliverto thee

Open Heaven 2nd October 2017 Message

King Solomon is considered to be the wisest king that ever lived. How did he become so wise? When God gave Him a blank cheque to ask for anything, in 1 Kings 3:9, he said: “Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?” He choose to ask for something that the average person of his time would consider inconsequential wisdom.

Solomon feared that he might misrule God’s people and thereby incur God’s wrath, and so he asked God for wisdom. Indeed, in Proverbs 9:10,

he later wrote: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding It is unfortunate to discover that even among some children of God today, the fear of the Lord is greatly absent.

This accounts forthe level of character erosion that is being witnessed in the Church, so much so that even pastors are being caught in various acts of sin, such as sexual immorality.

Joseph was repeatedly tempted and pressured to commit sexual immorality, but he vehemently refused to indulge in it, despite the fact that it was offered to him on a platter of gold.

The Bible in Genesis 39:8-9 gives this account of Joseph’s steadfastness But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand

There is none greater in this house than I, neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” If you ask me what kept Joseph away from this sexual immorality, I will tell you that it was wisdom, brought about by the fear of the Lord.

How l wish all of God’s children would embrace the fear of God, so that they can begin to live in wisdom.

It is wisdom to run away from sin, because the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). A foolish fellow would say, “Death will come one day all the same.”

Such a fellow fails to consider untimely death like the one that took Absalom away (2 Samuel 18.10-17), the agony of death that comes as a result of sin, and the eternal death in the Lake Fire. Revelation the in these words:

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death For this reason, our Bible reading strongly recommends that we get wisdom.

The question is where can we get wisdom? It is from the word of God (2 Timothy 3:15). Beloved, seek godly wisdom and don’t be lawless in the name of grace, because grace does not indulge in lawlessness

Open Heavens 2nd October 2017 Hymn Sing Hymn 9

Open Heavens 2nd October 2017 Prayer Point:

Father, put Your fear in me, help me to love your word and give me wisdom