“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, NIV).
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, NIV). 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 many verses in the Word are a promise, so is this scripture in
Proverbs 24. 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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