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Seek God for Wisdom, April 4
From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of
understanding?
Job 28:20
, NKJV.
You will have to wrestle with difficulties, carry burdens, give advice, plan and
execute, constantly looking to God for help. Pray and labor, labor and pray; as
pupils in the school of Christ, learn of Jesus.
The Lord has given us the promise “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask
of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given
him” (
James 1:5
). It is in the order of God that those who bear responsibilities
should often meet together to counsel with one another, and to pray earnestly for that
wisdom which He alone can impart. Talk less; much precious time is lost in talk that
brings no light. Let church leaders unite in fasting and prayer for the wisdom that
God has promised to supply liberally. Make known your troubles to God. Tell Him,
as did Moses, “I cannot lead this people unless Thy presence shall go with me.”
And then ask still more; pray with Moses, “Shew me thy glory” (
Exodus 33:18
).
What is this glory? The character of God. This is what He proclaimed to Moses.
Let the soul in living faith fasten upon God. Let the tongue speak His praise.
When you associate together, let the mind be reverently turned to the contemplation
of eternal realities. Thus you will be helping one another to be spiritually minded.
When your will is in harmony with the divine will, you will be in harmony with
one another; you will have Christ by your side as a counselor.
Enoch walked with God. So may every laborer for Christ. You may say with
the psalmist, “I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved” (
Psalm 16:8
). While you feel that you have no sufficiency
of yourself, your sufficiency will be in Jesus. If you expect all your counsel and
wisdom to come from other people, mortal and finite like yourselves, you will
receive only human help. If you go to God for help and wisdom, He will never
disappoint your faith.—
Gospel Workers, 417, 418
.
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