100 Days Of Favor (34 page)

Today’s Prayer

Father, thank You for Your unmerited favor and for blessing me with
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moments. Because of Your favor, I know that any weakness, disqualification or lack that I may have in the natural will not prevent me from being positioned at the right place at the right time to experience Your blessings. I choose to lean on Your unmerited favor and I ask You to bless me with right happenings today. Thank You for turning around the negative situations in my life and giving me
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success.

Today’s Thought

I will trust in the Lord’s unmerited favor and experience right happenings!

Today’s Reflection On Favor

DAY 78

Worldly Wisdom Versus God’s Wisdom

Today’s Scripture

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly… —Psalm 1:1

T
ODAY
,
I
WANT
to talk about how you can depend on God’s wisdom to succeed. Wisdom from the Lord comes by God’s unmerited favor. It is not something that you can study for or acquire with your efforts. Wisdom from the Lord is something that the world cannot have. This is not to say that the world does not have wisdom. Step into any bookstore today and you will find shelves full of books containing experts’ theories and methods on all sorts of subjects. The majority of these, however, stem from
human wisdom,
which strengthens and builds up only the flesh.

What we need is not more “self-help.” What we need is the Lord’s help!

Whether they know it or not, the people of the world are crying out for true wisdom from the Lord. Just look at the constant demand for self-help books. But what we need is not more “self-help.” What we need is the Lord’s help! Read books that are written by Spirit-filled believers and Christian leaders who encourage you to look to Jesus and not to yourself.

Psalm 1:1 tells us this from the start: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly.” Beloved, this means that there
is
counsel in human wisdom. But the man who does
not
walk according to the wisdom of the world is the man who is blessed. At the same time, if his delight is in Jesus, and he meditates on Jesus day and night, Psalm 1:3 says, “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”

My friend, make a decision to walk in the counsel of the godly and not in the counsel of the world, and you will see whatever you do prosper. God has raised up men and women who are established in the truths of the new covenant, and who will help you keep your eyes on Jesus. In Him, you will find all the wisdom that pertains to life. The Bible tells us that in Him “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2–3) for your success. Keep looking to Jesus, draw on His divine wisdom and see the difference it will make to you!

Today’s Prayer

Father, I make a decision today to walk in the counsel of the godly and not the ungodly. I want to live life according to Your wisdom and not the world’s wisdom. I want to walk more and more in Your wisdom in every area of my life. Help me to keep my eyes on Jesus, in whom is hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I know that as I meditate on Jesus and His grace, I shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water—always fruitful and prospering in all that I do. Thank You also for sending godly men and women full of Your wisdom into my life for me to learn of Your ways.

Today’s Thought

When I depend on God’s wisdom, I will be blessed with fruitfulness and good success in all that I do.

Today’s Reflection On Favor

DAY 79

The Wisdom Of Christ In Action

Today’s Scripture

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: —1 Corinthians 1:30,
KJV

B
ELOVED, WHEN YOU
depend on God’s wisdom to succeed today, you will see whatever you do prosper. Simply observe how our Lord Jesus always flowed in divine wisdom in His earthly ministry. For example, look at what happened when the Pharisees brought the woman caught in adultery to Him. The Pharisees came to Him and quoted from the law, saying, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” (John 8:4–5).

Jesus, who is seated at the Father’s right hand, is “made unto us wisdom!”

They thought that they had succeeded in trapping Jesus because if He told them to stone her, then they would accuse Him of not demonstrating the forgiveness and grace that He had been preaching about. If He were to say that they should not stone her, then the Pharisees would accuse Him of breaking the law of Moses and bring a charge against Him.

The Pharisees were probably gloating over the clever trap that they had devised. That is why they confronted Jesus in the public area around the temple. They wanted to embarrass Him in front of the multitudes that had come to hear Him teach. Now, observe the wisdom of Jesus in operation. He simply told them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first” (John 8:7).

What majesty! They came to Jesus with the law of Moses and Jesus gave them the perfect standard of the law. Without flinching, He simply challenged the person who was perfect before the law to cast the first stone. The Pharisees who had come to ensnare Jesus began to walk away one by one, completely silenced. This same Jesus, with all His wisdom, is today our ascended Christ, who is seated at the Father’s right hand, and whom the Bible says is “made unto us wisdom!”

From this and other accounts of Jesus in the Gospels, we see how in everything He does, our Savior is altogether lovely. He is never early, never late. He is always at the right place at the right time. He is always in perfect peace and there is no sense of hurry about Him. When it was time to be tender, He was infinitely gentle, gracious and forgiving—we see this from His response to the woman caught in adultery (John 8:10–11). When it was time to overturn the tables of the money changers, He did it with passion. He was never frazzled by the Pharisees’ attempts to trip Him up and was always flowing with divine wisdom. He is steel and velvet, meekness and majesty, perfect manhood and deity. This is Jesus and you are
in Him!
Begin to see yourself in Christ, who is always flowing with divine wisdom, always in control of the situation, and the same wisdom that flows in Him will flow in and through you.

Today’s Prayer

Father, thank You for placing me in Jesus, who is always flowing with divine wisdom. There is no problem that He cannot solve. Lord Jesus, as I go about my various activities today, I thank You that You are my wisdom. Thank You for leading and guiding me to say and do the right thing at the right time. I believe that things that are confusing or difficult to resolve in the natural will be resolved quickly because You are my wisdom!

Today’s Thought

I am in Christ who is always flowing with divine wisdom!

Today’s Reflection On Favor

DAY 80

Wisdom Is The Principal Thing

Today’s Scripture

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. —Proverbs 4:7

C
HRIST IS MADE
unto us
wisdom first,
then righteousness, holiness and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30). Wisdom comes first! Jesus as our wisdom is given first importance. There is a difference between wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge puffs up (1 Corinthians 8:1). It can make one proud and arrogant. But wisdom will make you humble and teachable. You can read extensively and accumulate a lot of knowledge, but still lack wisdom. You also don’t become wise just by growing older and having more experience in life. Wisdom is not natural. It does not matter if you are young or old, experienced or inexperienced, highly educated or not. Wisdom comes by God’s unmerited favor.

Promotion and honor all come as a result of receiving Jesus as your wisdom.

Listen to what God’s Word says about the importance of wisdom: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you honor, when you embrace her. She will place on your head an ornament of grace [unmerited favor]; a crown of glory she will deliver to you” (Proverbs 4:7–9). You see, promotion and honor all come as a result of receiving Jesus as your wisdom.