Today’s Reading:
Proverbs 8
Proverbs 9
Can’t you hear the voice of Wisdom? From the top of the mountains of influence she speaks into the gateways of the glorious city. At the place where pathways merge, at the entrance of every portal, there she stands, ready to impart understanding, shouting aloud to all who enter, preaching her sermon to those who will listen. “I’m calling to you, sons of Adam, yes, and to you daughters as well. Listen to me and you will be prudent and wise. For even the foolish and feeble can receive an understanding heart that will change their inner being. The meaning of my words will release within you revelation for you to reign in life. My lyrics will empower you to live by what is right.
Proverbs 8:1-6 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Happy is the man whose trust is in the Lord God of hosts. Magnificent trophies await daybreak. They are waiting on the light of day to dawn. They are glinting even in the darkness and the deep darkness. Even in this darkness, you can make out their outline. The Spirit of Understanding and the Sprit of Wisdom — these are the rewards of those who diligently seek Me, even as it seems they are stumbling and fumbling around in the dark of night.
Wisdom is so priceless that it exceeds the value of any jewel. Nothing you could wish for can equal her. “For I am Wisdom, and I am shrewd and intelligent. I have at my disposal living-understanding to devise a plan for your life. Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!”
Proverbs 8:11-13 TPT
The prizes, the rewards for those who diligently seek Me are wisdom and understanding. You can’t get the genuine articles any other way. They are My true reward. They are the rewards that I possess, hold and give. And for those who have searched for Me in the midst of great darkness, who have pursued Heaven’s wisdom, insight and understanding, the reward is very great. You can’t buy it or manufacture it. Only I can impart it. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these other things will be added unto you. What is the Kingdom? It is the dominion of the King. It is the dominion of My wisdom and the living understanding that has been with Me from before the very beginning.
You will find true success when you find me, for I have insight into wise plans that are designed just for you. I hold in my hands living-understanding, courage, and strength. I empower kings to reign and rulers to make laws that are just. I empower princes to rise and take dominion, and generous ones to govern the earth. I will show my love to those who passionately love me. For they will search and search continually until they find me.
Proverbs 8:14-17 TPT
This reward, these rewards from Me — the Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of Living Understanding are not only great rewards, they are open doors through which you can walk to access more of Me, to access greater depths of My heart and your own destiny. Seek wisdom. Pursue living understanding. Desire Me and My words and ways above all else. And I will give you what you need, and open the door to so much more.
How to Respond
- Seek the Lord and His wisdom and living understanding. Settle for nothing less.
- Pray, Lord lead me into wisdom and living understanding. Help me to find it as I stumble and fumble around in the darkness. Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Help me to be guided by Your Word into wisdom and understanding that opens a door to greater depths of Your heart and my destiny. I long for Your wisdom and understanding Lord.
- Declare, The starting point for acquiring wisdom is to be consumed with awe as you worship Yahweh. To receive the revelation of the Holy One, you must come to the one who has living-understanding. Wisdom will extend your life, making every year more fruitful than the one before.
Proverbs 9:10-11 TPT - Decree, The Lord has provided magnificent rewards of wisdom and understanding to those who will pursue Him even in the darkness. I will not be deterred, and I will not seek the wisdom of man. But I will doggedly pursue the Lord and His great rewards of Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of Understanding. They only given and imparted by the Lord Himself. His reward of these is also a great open door deeper into His heart and my destiny.
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