Do we Choose God or Man for our Wisdom—R Fritz
Man should know where our wisdom comes from. The problem is we want it now. We do not want to wait for the answers. It is hearing and waiting on the Lord. Isaiah 40:31 says, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” The is a reason to wait for the Lord, it is to be on God’s timing where things can happen because God has lined everything up so it can happen as God has wanted or where people will be exactly as God planned. If we wait for the Lord, he will take care of us, it is learning to become a team with the Holy Spirit. People just decide to move whenever they want, then wonder why the outcome does not work out like they want. We need to know the Holy Spirit and what thoughts are from him then we learn to move when we know we are supposed to. This week I went to a meeting, after the meeting I washed my car then remembered I wanted to talk to somebody who I had been looking to talk to for about a month. I had called with no answer about three times then this time I drove to his house and this person was outside playing with his dog, perfect timing. I knew this person was there, I felt that. We need to use our senses and spirit in whatever we do. After a while we see things just before they happen in our spirit.
We need to have our spirit tied together with the Holy Spirit where the Holy Spirit and our spirit speak together as one, that is what it is for me. Free will is what God gave us to make a choice to choose him and free will is what could be our downfall. That is the problem with choice we were given even when we have the Holy Spirit because our free will still is what God will not overrule. In other words, people can pray for a spirit to leave somebody as we are left with free will that has to be given up and then that person must surrender to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will not force something on us where Satan will try to change or inhabit people if we let that happen. It comes down to we choose who we will serve God or Satan with Satan being the automatic choice brought into a sinful world. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear (endure) it.” We will be tempted as God sees fit as we can manage, as we will be able to endure it.
This week I had a conversation with somebody about claiming something for somebody else. The point I was trying to make was God judges the heart and is the only one who will make that decision. 1 Samuel 16:7 says, “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” The words we speak must match our actions. Our thoughts dictate what we will do with our feelings mixed in goes to our heart where we decide through our words then actions what we will do. The Holy Spirit might try to change our actions before we move through our thoughts. In the end we choose how we do things; if the Holy Spirit can change our actions, we do what the Holy Spirit wants us to do, if not we do what we want.
What happened the next day was I got a YouTube video on this person’s belief. This person went to man, I went to God through the Holy Spirit and asked questions if what I was saying was correct knowing the words I spoke were not my words, they come from the Holy Spirit. What I tell people is we should go to God who has all the answers, but people go to man because it is fast, and they can find somebody who has the same belief. That does not mean it is God’s truth, it is their truth, and they feel right. I tend to let people speak about their belief; this time the Holy Spirit wanted me to question what was said. God wants truth spoken or we need to be quiet. I would rather say nothing than something that is not truth. If somebody wants my opinion, I let them know as I say it is my opinion. Truth and opinions are two completely different things. God’s truth comes from him where we can count on his words. John 10:13 says “Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak and he will shew you things to come.” We need to listen to the truth because the truth is the Holy Spirit.
We go to man for wisdom, and we find none because man’s wisdom does not compare to God’s. James 3:13-15,17 says “Who is a wise man and endued (has understanding), with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” This is the difference between man’s wisdom and God’s wisdom. We trust man especially if they are on the television because we believe they must be right. We need to look at the truth in the Bible and compare to God’s truth. I will always choose the Holy Spirit over man.
We have a choice every day if we choose man we need to investigate if what they say is true, with God we know the truth because we have the Spirit of truth which comes with wisdom to get us through our day where hope and love become who we are. God Bless.
