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Proverbs 2:6âFor the L ORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 3:13âHappy is the man who finds wisdom , and the man who gains understanding.
Isaiah 33:6â Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation.
Ephesians 1:17âThat the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Colossians 1:9âFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Colossians 3:16âLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom , teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
James 1:5âIf any of you lacks wisdom , let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
FIVE
NO MORE MISSING OUT
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It can happen anywhere at any time: the moment when we see something we've never seen beforeâa breakthrough that changes our lives. Your moment could come as you look out over the ocean on a family vacation. It could happen as you stand over the kitchen sink, hands covered in dish soap. It could happen during a worship service or while reading a good book. For me, it happened at that Chicago conference.
Since that time, it seems like one spiritual light switch after another has flipped on for me, revealing all the good stuff God had waiting all alongâeverything He knew I would need to make it through this life. The Bible says that God has already given you and me everything we need to live our livesâphysically, emotionally, and spiritually (2 Pet. 1:3). So, if we already have what we need, life really becomes a great âunpackingâ of it all. Rather than asking God to give us more, our prayer changes instead to âHelp me uncover what you've given me.â
For me, the uncovering began when I took a deeper look at something I thought I already had a pretty firm grasp on: Jesus and His relationship with His Father, Almighty God. I knew that Jesus and God had a close relationship. I knew that God couldn't have asked for a better Son (He was sinless after all), and that He was willing to sacrifice that perfect Son to pay the price for my sins. But there was something I had somehow missed, despite all my years of studying the Bible. Something Jesus was trying to show meâto show usâabout the beauty and the full power found in that divine relationship.
WWJFO
From an early age, Jesus was aware of the special connection he had with his Dad. We all remember the scene in Luke's gospel in which Mary and Joseph realize after a three-day journey that they've left Jesus behind in Jerusalem. When they return to find Him, Jesus (twelve years old at the time) is sitting in the temple having deep conversations with the teachers. Mary essentially asks him, âYoung man, what do you think you're doing?â and Jesus says, âWhy did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?â (Luke 2:49). The business He's talking about here isn't Joseph's carpentry work. Jesus is talking about the work of His heavenly Father.
And Jesus went on from that time always living to do His heavenly Father's business and only His business. Look at what He says in John 8:28: âWhen you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.â
Jesus did nothing but what His Father showed Him to do. His focus was constantly on His Father, and I believe it's important for us to see this. It makes me think of those WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelets. I almost wonder if there should be a different one: WWJFO (What Would Jesus Focus On?). After all, His focus is what led
Proverbs 2:6âFor the L ORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 3:13âHappy is the man who finds wisdom , and the man who gains understanding.
Isaiah 33:6â Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation.
Ephesians 1:17âThat the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Colossians 1:9âFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Colossians 3:16âLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom , teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
James 1:5âIf any of you lacks wisdom , let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
FIVE
NO MORE MISSING OUT
Â
It can happen anywhere at any time: the moment when we see something we've never seen beforeâa breakthrough that changes our lives. Your moment could come as you look out over the ocean on a family vacation. It could happen as you stand over the kitchen sink, hands covered in dish soap. It could happen during a worship service or while reading a good book. For me, it happened at that Chicago conference.
Since that time, it seems like one spiritual light switch after another has flipped on for me, revealing all the good stuff God had waiting all alongâeverything He knew I would need to make it through this life. The Bible says that God has already given you and me everything we need to live our livesâphysically, emotionally, and spiritually (2 Pet. 1:3). So, if we already have what we need, life really becomes a great âunpackingâ of it all. Rather than asking God to give us more, our prayer changes instead to âHelp me uncover what you've given me.â
For me, the uncovering began when I took a deeper look at something I thought I already had a pretty firm grasp on: Jesus and His relationship with His Father, Almighty God. I knew that Jesus and God had a close relationship. I knew that God couldn't have asked for a better Son (He was sinless after all), and that He was willing to sacrifice that perfect Son to pay the price for my sins. But there was something I had somehow missed, despite all my years of studying the Bible. Something Jesus was trying to show meâto show usâabout the beauty and the full power found in that divine relationship.
WWJFO
From an early age, Jesus was aware of the special connection he had with his Dad. We all remember the scene in Luke's gospel in which Mary and Joseph realize after a three-day journey that they've left Jesus behind in Jerusalem. When they return to find Him, Jesus (twelve years old at the time) is sitting in the temple having deep conversations with the teachers. Mary essentially asks him, âYoung man, what do you think you're doing?â and Jesus says, âWhy did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?â (Luke 2:49). The business He's talking about here isn't Joseph's carpentry work. Jesus is talking about the work of His heavenly Father.
And Jesus went on from that time always living to do His heavenly Father's business and only His business. Look at what He says in John 8:28: âWhen you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.â
Jesus did nothing but what His Father showed Him to do. His focus was constantly on His Father, and I believe it's important for us to see this. It makes me think of those WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelets. I almost wonder if there should be a different one: WWJFO (What Would Jesus Focus On?). After all, His focus is what led
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