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 found in this proverb. We may not acknowledge it, but it
is true. Without God’s wisdom to build my life, His understanding to ground my
life, and His knowledge to fill my life with His purpose, my life is 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 grow
stronger 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 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 and apply what I have understood
through His revelation of its meaning, I act on what I know. I apply His
wisdom. I have spiritually grown and gained a heart of wisdom. My house is
built.
Just as 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 have imagined. My rooms shall be filled and empty no more.
© 2017 Lynn Lacher
Form Me, Fire Me, Fill Me,
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