“By wisdom a house is
built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms
are filled with rare and beautiful treasures” (Proverbs 24:3-4).
Our spiritual lives
are starved for the advice this proverb gives. We may not acknowledge it, but it
is true. Without God's wisdom to build my life... without His understanding
which grounds my life....without His knowledge which fills my life with His
purpose..... my life is indeed empty. “Unless the Lord builds the house, the
builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand
watch in vain” (Psalm 127:1). Unless I allow Him to spiritually grow in me, my
efforts at life will have little meaning. I will fail. Unless I allow the Lord
to guide and watch over my life, my efforts will be in vain. I don't want my
life to be like a spiritually empty house. I can't build me. Only He can.
When I surrender all
my efforts at running my life, and allow Him to build it, my spiritual life
changes. I have a hunger for His direction instead of my own. I yearn for my
life to be filled with knowledge from His Word. I seek His spiritual
understanding of the Word so my life may be grounded. When I apply what I have
learned through knowledge from the Word....when I apply what I have understood
through His revelation of its meaning, then I act on what I know. I apply
His wisdom. I have spiritually grown and gained a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12).
My house is built.
Just as there are in
so many verses in the Word, this scripture in Proverbs 24 gives a promise. If I
do my part, He will do His. If I allow Him to own me completely, my spiritual
life will be filled with His rare and beautiful treasures. He will impart to me
things beyond my own understanding and knowledge. He will fill my life with joy
in His purpose. I shall receive the rare and beautiful treasure of His Spirit
empowering my life to heights in His purpose with a passion that is beyond
anything I ever imagined. My rooms shall be filled to be emptied no
more.
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