October 2, 2010

1 Kings 4

“And God gave.” What a simple sentence it is, and yet it states so much about His glory. One who gives does so usually for two reasons. They have ability to give, and they desire to give. Both of those are true of our Lord. He Himself is wisdom and possesses all wisdom. It is an attribute which theologians call omnisapience. Of God’s omnisapience Tozer says:

Wisdom, among other things, is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve those ends by the most perfect means. It sees the end from the beginning, so there can be no need to guess or conjecture. Wisdom sees everything in focus, each in proper relation to all, and is thus able to work toward predestined goals with flawless precision.[1]

God possesses all wisdom, so He is able to give wisdom. Not only does God possess all wisdom, but He desires to give wisdom. He gave it liberally to Solomon, not that Solomon always availed himself of it. If God gave it to Solomon, do you suppose He would give it to us? I think so. It is the promise of James 1:5-8. It is God’s glory to give us wisdom, if we will seek it in faith. Indeed we serve a glorious King. Speak His glory to someone today!

--Pastor john



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[1] A.W. Tozer. The Knowledge of the Holy. SanFrancisco: Harper Collins, 1992. p. 93



Ephesians 5:1-14

We are exhorted here to walk in love as Christ loved us. The natural question is how did Christ love us? He gave Himself for us. His death was acceptable to God. It bought us out of sin. If it bought us out of sin, then surely God does not desire for us to remain in sin. His love includes holiness. Pure love desires holiness in its object. We are the object of Jesus’ love. He desires holiness in us. That is the reason He died for us. Some people seem to think that because He died for us and because He loves us that from the time we receive Him, we no longer need to worry about holiness. Well, yes and no. True His death covers the depth of our sin, past present and future. But His love will not allow us to continue to walk in sin. He will do whatever it takes to remove sin from His children because no sinner has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. His love will do what it takes to remove unholiness. If we willingly persist in walking in sin, then the divine remedy may be very uncomfortable for us.

His love includes light. Light is that which enables us to see reality. Our lives are full of secret attitudes and thoughts that are sinful. Because His love seeks to remove our sin from us, His light reveals, a little bit at a time, the sinful attitudes and thoughts that can lie hidden in the darkness. His love calls us to walk with Him in the light to reveal the true thoughts and intentions of our hearts. When we bring them to the light, then He removes them. He does not condemn us. The sin was already condemned upon the cross. He removes them, because He loves us. Love always seeks the best for its object. Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!

--Pastor John