Consequence of wisdom

Proverbs 8:21 KJV — That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Let your wealth and riches be the consequence or your pursuit of wisdom.

When you don’t know where to start, start by seeking wisdom. Start by spending time in the Word of God.

The wisdom you receive will cause you to inherit what you’ve been striving for, and also equip you to keep it.

Free as a bird

Proverbs 6:5 KJV — Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

You were created to fly free in the sky. You were not created to be trapped on the earth. Your wings were made for flying, soaring, riding thermals like an Eagle, flitting through branches like a sparrow.

You were created to be free as a bird.

Break free.

You don’t need to wait. You’ve got everything you need to break free right now.

Don’t get pretty with it. Don’t try to be dignified with it.

Escape isn’t dignified, but freedom is worth it.

How to draw water from a well

Proverbs 5:15 KJV — Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Use a bucket.

The bucket is joy.

“…with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.”

Look for the joy in this moment. Look for what you can rejoice in. Look for what draws on the joy that is inside your spirit.

That’s what you use to draw out what you need from each person and each moment and each opportunity and each obstacle.

If you’re dying of thirst in a desert situation, look for the joy that you can set before you.

Joy is your bucket.

It’s about the culture

Proverbs 4:23 KJV — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

What’s your culture?

What’s the culture of your heart?

What thoughts and ideas is it nurturing?

What words are watering and feeding your mind, will and emotions?

What fence posts, guard rails, weed killer and pest deterrents are in place around your heart?

It’s not about the issues on the outside. It’s about the culture of your heart that produced them.

Pursuit of intimacy

Proverbs 1:29 KJV — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

God wants you to intimately experience everything that Jesus paid for you to have. He doesn’t want you to just be aware of it. He wants you to experience it more than you do.

But you have to pursue it.

Intimacy is neither accidental nor automatic.

If you will choose to hunger for the experience of what God’s Word says, then you will be satisfied.

Don’t settle for the snack of Information.

Insist on having the entire wedding feast that God wants you to enjoy right now.

Your ways

Proverbs 31:3 KJV — Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

You’ve got ways that you use to travel through this moment of time and physical space.

You’ve got ways, habits, that travel across the entity of time and space called you.

Some of these creatures are assassins seeking to destroy Kings.

Do not let them pass on the King’s Highway which is your time and physical use of space.

Deny them access. Say “No!”.

Nobody else will do this for you.

Denying access to that which destroys Kings is part of your job description as a human being who is now a royal priest in Jesus.