Wisdom
for My Work
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have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship. Ex. 31:3
You need not go to the end of the earth
for wisdom, for God is near. . . . He longs to have you reach after Him by
faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you
understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the
intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for
wisdom, and it will be given you.
To every one who constantly yields his
will to the will of the Infinite, to be led and taught of God, there is
promised an ever-increasing development of spiritual things. God fixes no limit
to the advancement of those who are "filled with the knowledge of His will
and in all wisdom and spiritual understanding."
Those who make God their efficiency
realize their own weakness, and the Lord supplies them with His wisdom. As day
by day they depend upon God, carrying out His will with humility and
wholeheartedness and strictest integrity, they increase in knowledge and
ability. By willing obedience they show reverence and honor to God, and are
honored by Him.
The case of Daniel reveals to us the fact
that the Lord is always ready to hear the prayers of the contrite soul, and
when we seek the Lord with all our hearts, He will answer our petitions. Here
is revealed where Daniel obtained his skill and understanding; and if we will only
ask of God wisdom, we may be blessed with increased ability and with power from
heaven.
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