Ask For Wisdom, While You Are a Fool!!

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I have often kept my mouth closed and not asked for wisdom from God because I have not felt worthy of asking Him, or because I have been in condemnation and guilt over my recent foolishness.Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. - Proverbs 24:7

This verse says that the very act shows that my heart is foolish. Matthew Henry concise commentary on the Bible says of this verse: “A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it.”

GOD WANTS YOU TO ASK
Sometimes we don’t know God’s word and promises and that is why we know not what to ask for. In one of my favorite scriptures in the bible, Jesus tells us that we can seek and we shall find and that our Father wants to bless us."Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" - Luke 11:11-13

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FOOLISHNESS
Sometimes I forget and I still think that this thing is about me, and not about God and His character, and so in my foolish state I don’t ask for wisdom, thinking it is unattainable to me. I think 'I am not worthy and have made too many mistakes to ask for wisdom at this point." or "I know better than this, God is going to be mad with me and is tired of me asking for wisdom." But what does the scripture say?If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. – James 1:5

This makes me excited! This scripture annuls the lies of the enemy who says I cannot have wisdom or you cannot have wisdom. God will not only give you wisdom, but will give generously without finding fault in you for your foolishness so far!FAITH AND EXPECTANCYKeep reading because there are conditions! Listen carefully to the next verse in James:But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. – James 1:6

DOUBT.... If you don’t believe, then not only will you become unstable like the wind tossing the sea, your doubt will come to life. If you doubt, then you are right to doubt because you won’t get anything from the Lord. Read it in James 1:7. That man [who doubts when asking for wisdom] should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; - James 1:7

Henry Ford’s famous quote comes to mind “whether you think you can or you think you can’t you are right." As does another proverb: As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
– Proverbs 23:7

GOD REWARDS YOU FOR SEEKING HIM... Are you thinking of seeking God for wisdom? Then you are already on the path of seeking Him. The very suggestion to your mind to seek wisdom is from the Holy Spirit. And as you seek Him, He is pleased with you!And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. - Hebrews 6:11

DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH?

GOD HAS THAT COVERED TOO. His word is a lamp to our paths and a light to our footsteps. Know what’s in it so you can draw wisdom from inside as the Holy Spirit quickens you and reminds you all of the Word you have read. Reading the Word will increase your faith too:So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17

If you don’t feel you have faith, take a faith the size of a mustard seed and believe on it. To increase faith, pray and fast for a while. Sow into the spirit and you’ll gain harvest from it. Jesus said this [faith] comes only from fasting and prayer." 'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Mark 9:23-24

After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"He replied, "This kind can come out only by fasting and prayer. Mark 9:28-29 Take a mustard seed size of faith and believe God for wisdom. He will lead you on your path.
DON’T THINK YOU HAVE STRENGTH?

- ANOTHER THING WISDOM IS GOOD FOR

Many times I thought "I'm a strong person" but if you really saw me in the midst of some adversities and heard me complain and go back to my default thinking, you'd see I was deceived and was not strong after all. Times are hard when the devil is coming after us, our flesh is ruling us and circumstances get in the way of taking on the thoughts of God as our own! Hear what God says through His wise man, King Solomon about wisdom providing strength:If you faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. – Proverbs 24:10

I am still learning to walk and live stronger and God has delivered me from so much weakness in my life by giving me wisdom. When adversity comes, give it to God. Seek wisdom and it will strengthen you –A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. It is yours for the taking. – Proverbs 24: 5

GET THIS! When you go to the gate of wisdom, open your mouth and ask for it. God will help you and won’t find fault with you for asking. Even when circumstances look like they are not changing, go ahead and believe that He is giving you wisdom. God will give wisdom and in wisdom there is strength. So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou has found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. - Proverbs 24:14

PRAYER:

Our Father who art in heaven, Holy is your name, we ask for Your wisdom, strength, faith in Jesus name and believe that You will give it to us. Help us in our time of tribulation to cheer up and put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Help us to ask You for the good gifts You want to give us. Bring us revelation in Your love letter to us, Your Bible and give us the discipline and thirst for righteousness to read it and spend time with You through prayer and fasting.

AMEN

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Openness to TRUE Worship-Are you OPEN?

Often times you may find yourself wondering if your way of worship is the only TRUE and living way to worship the Most High God. I have found for myself by seeking the face of my creator that there are yet many different ways of TRUE worship. It is yet determined by our culture, history, and mindset of openness to the one whom has created us. For the longest I thought that anything other than Christianity was blasphemy unto GOD for that was what I was taught as an American child growing up in the 1980's. Of course I have learned differently now only because I allowed Most High to show me TRUTH! I had an epiphany about my ancestors-the slaves. When they were brought to this land they knew nothing about Christianity but they had a very intimate and strong relationship with the Creator-GOD! So how then, can I only profess the ways of worship of Christianity to be the only TRUE way? I can't!!

Recently I came upon a parable in the bible about Peter in "Peter explains his actions" it reads as such: Acts 11:1-18

1The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him 3and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them."
4Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: 5"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. 6I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.'

8"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
9"The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' 10This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
11"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. 12The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. 13He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. 14He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.'

15"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. 16Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' 17So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?"
18When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."

I learned from this passage that even Peter, a follower of Christ looked upon others as unclean and had a closed mind to the worship of others according to their culture. For a Jew to go to the home of a Gentile was considered to be taboo during this time but Peter did so in Acts 10:28 because the Lord told him to do so.

Acts 10:28
28He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

In God revealing this important word unto Peter he realizes that he had false apprehensions about the Gentiles and he had to repent. Often times I have found myself making accusations about a nation of people according to their way of worship. For example The nation of Islam- Muslims, Hebrew Israelites, Persons who practice Hinduism, and Scientology. I know now that I am no one to judge them in their worship nor denounce them from their right relationship with the Most High GOD. Just like Peter I now repent...Father for give me. For in due time someone will look at my God given insight as some sort of empathetic excuse to ordain a ONESS in God amongst all Nations. Be knowingest to them this would be inaccurate but Only God can reveal such things to that being only if they are in a place to receive it.

How opened are you to TRUE worship? What is TRUE worship to you?

These Gentiles worshipped God in spirit and in truth with all their heart. Just as others practice their cultural religions and worship God with all their heart and in truth. Who am I to judge them are call them out of the lifestyle that has been given unto them? Granted I will still follow in the way of My Creator and yet at the same time remaining open to all that Yahweh is willing to show me. You see, I have learned that my God is a God of many names and these names derived from many different languages and cultures yet these people all worship the Most High! Hopefully something I have written has pricked you in such a way that you yourself would be torn and yet have to seek the Face of your creator to gain clarity. All while searching the word (scriptures) for answers and maybe even gaining insight from a spiritual leader such as a Pastor, Rabbi, Elder, or lay person.

Most importantly gaining a relationship with the Most High. By having this encounter with your creator you shall find clarity about the assumptions you have contemplated about the world. God has a plan for this world and we cannot continue to tie Yahweh down to our systems of understanding. It goes so far beyond what even we could imagine. Once you truly encounter your creator in the greatest depths your ways of thinking will be totally transformed. Your worship will be affected, you'll be called to do things you would've never thought to do and you will gain relationships with those you would've never thought to build with. Once you gain spiritual obedience it will stretch you in unpredictable directions.......

Yes this is lengthy and yet full of thought and compassion. I leave with you these inspired word of the scriptures: Romans 12:2
2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Shalom-Peace and Blessings- As-Salāmu `Alaykum