THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM

Ephesians 1:15-23

The spirit world is a reality. However, spirits cannot operate until they see a body through which they can give their full expression. More often than not, the manifestation of a man possessed by a spirit will be according to the spirit possessing him.

The spirit of wisdom is one of the spirits upon the Lord Jesus Christ (Is. 11:1-2) and from the scriptures; this spirit is the fundamental expression of wisdom. The spirit of wisdom is so important to our daily life and fulfillment as believers that when Paul the Apostle heard about the conversion of the Ephesian Christians, he began to pray for them that the Lord will possess them with this spirit. Your results and manifestations in life as a child of God will be a direct function of the spirits in your life.

When life and situations are not responding to a man, it is an indication that such a man lacks wisdom. If there is anything you must begin to ask God for as from today, it is the spirit of wisdom. When the spirit of wisdom takes hold of you, it will be too evident in your life. It will cause you to recognize wisdom anywhere you see it.

In Deut. 34:9, the Bible says, “Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom: for Moses had laid his hand upon him: and the children of Israel harkened unto him”. Men will respond to you when you have this spirit operational in you. What is difficult for others will be simple for you. Things that take men years to overcome will take you moments.

You can hardly be stranded in life when you operate by the spirit of wisdom. When the spirit of wisdom comes into your life, creativities that men cannot explain will begin to be birthed forth in you.

How to Contact the Spirit of Wisdom

Spirits generally have the same attribute. However, I need to let you know that the spirit of wisdom is not of the devil, it is of God.

The following are some of the ways by which you can contact the spirit of wisdom.

1.      By impartation

As we see in the case of Moses and Joshua (Deut. 34:9), that spirit came upon Joshua after Moses had laid hands on him. Hence a man can receive the spirit of wisdom, when a man that carries it lays hands on him.

2.      By words

Jesus said to the disciples, “The words I speak unto you they are Spirit and Life (Jn.6:63) In Ezekiel 2:1-2, the Lord told Ezekiel the Prophet to stand up to hear the word of God. Ezekiel said, “It came to pass that the spirit entered into me when He spake unto me.” From those two Bible passages, you can see that spirits are transferred by words. So when you sit down under the sound teaching of a servant of God that carries the spirit of wisdom in him, the spirit of wisdom that is dormant in you will be activated and stirred up into action.

3.      By Association 1Sam. 10:5-6

Saul the son of Kish came into the company of prophets and began to prophesy. Don’t forget also that “he that walk with the wise shall be wise (Prov. 13:20).  From these two passages, you can see that proper association with men who carries the spirit of wisdom will cause the same spirit to come on you.

4.      Anointed Books 2 Tim. 4:13b

Paul the Apostle was a man given to books. He wrote to Timothy his son in the faith saying “bring with thee the books especially the parchments”.

I am not talking about just any book, but anointed books written by men approved of God and upon whom this spirit of wisdom is evident.

UNDERSTANDING WISDOM

Psalm 104:1-24

Wisdom is an essential component of man’s destiny and purpose. No man will become anything serous in life if adequate attention is not given to wisdom. From the Bible passage, we see that by wisdom the Lord created the heavens and the earth. In fact, Proverbs 3:13-18 says, “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom … length of days is in her right-hand … and she is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her.” Beloved, you will begin to succeed when you begin to prioritize wisdom in your life.

I want you to see the following things about wisdom:

1. If it is true that God made the earth in wisdom, then it is only wisdom that can unlock the secrets of the earth.


2. Only the wise can operate at the advantage in life. Where wisdom is not prioritized slavery is inevitable. Prov.24:5-7.

3. Wisdom, not colour, not race, not ethnicity, not gender, not location is the key to rulership in life.

4. Wisdom is the greatest need of a man and of a Christian on the earth (Prov. 4:5-22). In the school of life the name of the principal is Wisdom. You had better respect him or else you won’t ever make any significant progress in life.


5. It should be the outstanding pursuit of anyone on the earth. You must pursue it more than anything else. If you sit down and analyze the lives of so many people today, you will discover that many do not have problem other than wisdom problem. When you begin to pay adequate attention to wisdom, it will help you simplify your life.






Types of Wisdom (1Cor. 2:6-7)


1. The wisdom of God. (1Cor. 1:18-31; 2:1-8)


This is the wisdom of the Ancient of days, the wisdom with which He creates and administers all things both in heaven and on earth and under the earth. All things are under Him. Jesus Christ is the personification of this wisdom. Every genuine wisdom that you see men display today is a product of that wisdom. The wisdom of God is unsearchable and the enemy does not understand it.


It is foolishness before men and the devil and that is why the enemy and man do not understand it often times. Every instruction that God gives issues out from this wisdom. God has ordained this wisdom to bring glory into our lives only that we must accept it, admire it and live by it.




2. The wisdom of the devil (Gen. 3:1-5)


The devil is wise but his wisdom is a corrupted wisdom. Anyone who follows it will end up in destruction. The wisdom is evil and it’s always against God’s purpose and plan. It usually looks attractive to men but ultimately it will lead them to destruction. By it men devise and work out evil and evil things. Wisdom sought and obtained outside of Jesus Christ and the Bible is of the devil.


3. The wisdom of man


You have the natural wisdom of man that is taught and acquired in schools and other learning processes. After the fall of man, there is still a residual effect of God’s wisdom on man, by it men make and invent things. However, you have another side of man’s wisdom and that is cunning craftiness. It is the wisdom of man consequent upon his fall. Craftiness is a satanic wisdom- a product of man’s fall. It has its root in deception and it is of the devil. This wisdom is also called the wisdom of this world. Don’t forget however, that this world will perish and everything in it.

SEPARATION FOR PEACE AND CLARITY (Gen. 13:1-9)

The Bible tells us in Genesis 13:8-9

“And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we be brethren.

Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

Abraham did not want strife but wanted peace so he had to separate.

Also take a look at Jonah he was running from God and entered into a ship and there was trouble in the ship because Jonah entered into the ship and he was carrying a storm, please always walk with men of peace. Some situations exist that you cannot separate from but you can separate from the cause for example, Jonah case was not the fault of people in the ship but Jonah.

SEPARATION FOR ANOINTING AND ASSIGNMENT (1 Samuel 9 & 10)

Saul’s father (Kish) called him and gave him an instruction to go and look for his asses that were lost. Saul separated himself from his father looking for the asses when the servant that was with him told him that they should go to a man of God after they had searched everywhere but could not find it. He was separated for an assignment because every assignment in life calls for separation. So when Saul got into the city he met the man of God Samuel to whom God had spoken a day before Samuel came to him.

1Sam.9:15-17, so Samuel called him to eat with him and after they had eaten, verse 26, “And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.” In 1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

Anointers never come until you begin to serve.

ATTRIBUTES OF SEPARATION

 What separate us

- God: Example – Jonah

- Death: Elijah and Elisa

- The Voice of God: Abraham and the family.

- The Truth: Bro. Saul who become Paul.

- Purpose: The Disciples

 What should not separate us:

- Satan

- Man

- Quarrelling

Note that these three things are the major things that always want to separate you and when these things cause you to separate it is not separation but disconnection which strife and take you away from your destiny. So never allow this to separate you from your relationship in life.

 Things we should separate from:

- Separate from wrong attitudes

- Separate from wrong places

- Separate from evil thoughts

- Separate from evil/bad habits

- Separate from wrong things

- Separate from wrong people

Many times God cannot join you until He has separated you.

SEPARATION FOR DESTINY (2)

When two friends are traveling to a place, one on a journey to Sokoto and the other going to Yobe, the first question they ask is not what is the price but ask where is this vehicle going? After they have found out where each vehicle is going, they must then separate in other to go to their various destinations.


Gen 22:4-5 “Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off… I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.


Abraham saw where he is going so this caused him to separate from the young men. So he separated from these young men because they were not meant to follow him to the place of sacrifice. No matter how far you go with people it will get to a point in time to separate for you to arrive at your destiny in life.


SEPARATION FOR SPEED (Heb. 12:1)


When you enter into a bus you meet many people inside the bus. You may be going to the same town but not the same place even when it’s the same place not for the same assignment, so you determine whether you will get to the place on time when drop or you will follow others and let them disturb you from getting to where you are going on time.


Heb 12:1 “ ... let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” When time is attached to something it is a race not a game; so every assignment in life or every destiny in life is attached to time so you must separate from wrong people because wrong people will always tie you down and keep you on one point. To be on one point means to be doing the same thing at different time. So you must separate from wrong people.


SEPARATION FOR ELEVATION (Matt. 26:36-39)


Elevation can either be physical or spiritual but always know that there is no elevation either physical or spiritual without a separation. There are many people today that want elevation but are not ready to separate. Even in the physical sense you have to separate and place priority in life for you to become promoted in life but if you are unwilling to separate that means you are ready to sacrifice your promotion.


We see Jesus Christ in this text that He had to leave some of the disciple in the first instance but later had to leave them all to commune with the Father. There are some levels of separation you must undergo for your elevation to come. Many great leader think deeply and decide deeply and bring it to the followers for discussion but the issues which they discuss openly with the followers were birthed in secret. So for you to be elevated there must be separation.


SEPARATION FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION (Gen. 13:14)


There are many things that God may have to tell you but until you are separated, God may not say it or you may not even hear when God is talking to you. In this passage you will see that it was after Lot had separated from Abraham that Abraham was able to hear God and able to receive the blessing that God had in stock for him. God does not bless in unconditionally but conditionally.


Many people are battling with many issues of life but sometimes the only thing needed is for them to go into their closet and communicate with their Father in heaven.


Learn to separate yourself at anytime in life to be able to communicate with God because something will always engage your time but you have to set priority of how you spend your time. If you waste your time, you are wasting your life. Learn to separate for communication and hearing.