The Spirit of Understanding
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· 5 viewsHis understanding gives us the strategy to accomplish the God-said in our life as we steward His Kingdom.
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And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,
behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
Pray for the Spirit of understanding to operate in each of us.
King Solomon’s story we have heard… He asked for wisdom… take a closer look…
Understanding to discern right from wrong
He did not ask for himself… He asked for the ability to govern God’s people
He asked for understanding and discernment
Kingdom principles at work
Matt 6 tells us that those without God outside of Christ concern themselves with
fame, fortune, clothes, what to eat, luxuries, and lavishes that are fleeting
v.33 however states Matt 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Solomon sought understanding and discernment to be able to govern well
the Lord added “…because you have not asked for YOURSELF long life or riches” “…because you did not ask for the life of your enemies”
Wise discerning mind
Riches
Honor
If-then promise “ keep my statutes (a clear prescription of what one must do) and my commandments (written decree) I will lengthen your days
Not the prosperity gospel… but we cannot limit God to our understanding and must carry His understanding. Not the prosperity gospel but the full understanding that when we;
hear the Lord
We seek His counsel
We seek His Power
We Seek His Knowledge
We Seek His Wisdom
We Seek His understanding to accomplish what He has decreed over us.
then the Lord adds unto us;
His Wisdom
His Discernment
His Riches
His Honors
Lengthened Life
In its totality His understanding supersedes our understanding as He gives us His understanding and we are enlightened and given the strategy to care for His Kingdom… for His people
His understanding gives us the strategy to accomplish the God-said in our life as we steward His Kingdom.
His understanding gives us the strategy to accomplish the God-said in our life as we steward His Kingdom.
Your Assignment is Established
Your Assignment is Established
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
You have heard the God said in your life and now its time to action it.
The work of giving you the assignment, the tools and equipping to accomplish the assignment, you have sought counsel, and even have the ability but lack the plan or strategy what you need or are waiting for is the understanding.
Wisdom (experience, prudence) builds the house… however, building it on improper land leads to destruction
Understanding established it and makes it long lasting. Then you can add knowledge to fill the house.
Understanding gives you the victory.
When you are sure of the God said and have the surety of your identity in the Lord and have been established by the Lord there is no man alive that can tear the house down…
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
His understanding are the plans that will be fashioned to guide your every step.
His understanding is the strategy that authenticates validates and gives you legitimate authority
if the Lord does this what man can disqualify you?
Forged to Govern in His Kingdom
Forged to Govern in His Kingdom
In the Power we learned we are made Priests and Kings. You are being made ready to Rule with Christ.
You are going to need to know how to seek the understanding of the Lord to judge well to lead according (not to your heart) to the will of the Father.
Every step you are going through then is intentionally readying you to walk in the fullness of your assignment in the Kingdom… We have evidence in scripture that our God qualifies those He has called as they are made ready to serve in His Kingdom
Acts 8 we encounter a phenomenal account in which Philip in the operating of His gifting is taken by the Spirit to an Ethiopian eunuch
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Today if you are hearing the voice of the Lord there is an urgency to understand what He is saying as there are those waiting on you.
Your understanding will meet someone on the road who is desperately searching and does not understand
blessing it is to us to be able to help others understand.
wise counsel to help us make sense of what God is saying not to tell us what to do or manipulate us but to help us to grown into the Lord.
Understanding a Gift to Make Sense of His Voice
Understanding a Gift to Make Sense of His Voice
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
you were not given the spirit of the world
The Spirit from God…
Impart what has been taught by the Spirit
Spiritually discern
The more you understand with His mind the less you will place limitations on the one who can accomplish it all, has overcome it all, and has the ability to accomplish infinitely more than we can ever imagine.
The more you understand with His Mind the less you resort to vacant acts of manipulation… thinking you manipulate God to do what you want… and commit to His heart
Do not dream according to your understanding put on the mind of Christ and dream with His mind.
