Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
- DAILY READING – – Matthew 19:16-30; Numbers 11-12; Ecclesiastes 8
It takes God to teach us how to profit in life, and it takes Him to lead us for us to know the right way to go. No matter how educated a man maybe, his wisdom will always be limited until he connects to divine wisdom from God which will elevate him.
In 1987 at John Hopkins hospital, a team of neurosurgeons were faced with the very difficult surgery of separating Siamese twin joined at the head. Such a surgery had never been done successfully before, because the patients would often bleed to death. But among the team of doctors was a young neurosurgeon named Ben Carson. Being a Christian he turned to God for help to solve the medical puzzle. One day while watching water drip from a tap’s mouth, he caught an inspiration on how to develop a method to stop blood flow during surgery. When the time for the surgery came and, he applied this method, the surgery was successful. The twins did not bleed to death, they survived. It was a medical breakthrough that launched Ben Carson into international limelight and sudden fame for accomplishing what no other doctor had done before. That is how the wisdom of God can make a difference in a man’s life.
Job 32:8 says. ‘But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.’ It takes the inspiration of the almighty to elevate a man.
Ben Carson began life as a ghetto kid from the inner city of Detroit, brought up by a poor single mother, and had little or no future. It is amazing to imagine how this boy who hardly had any chance of survival could today turn out to be one of the greatest neurosurgeons the world has ever known. But that is what partnership between man and God can produce.
Many of the inventions that have taken place today are because of the inspiration men received from God. You cannot go far in life depending on your own wisdom. It is the wisdom of God that makes stars of men. No one gets far with common sense, you need extra ordinary sense to get ahead. Just one word from God is enough to cause your generation to celebrate you,
This is the pattern God has been setting all over the bible, to show us that promotion does not come from the east, west or south, but promotion comes from God alone. In the scriptures, we see Joseph a prisoner become a prime minister, David a shepherd boy become a king and Esther a slave girl become a queen. This is God’s pattern and God has not changed. He is still showing us today that partnership with Him works. And that He turns impossibilities into possibilities.
God is more than enough.
If He could take a boy without prospects from the ghetto, and turn him into a world renowned personality, how much more you?
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and every other thing shall be added unto you. Don’t make seeking things your priority, seek God first and He will make other things to run after you. Don’t waste your time running after things that don’t matter. Make God your priority, and other things will follow including success. What He did for Joseph, David, Esther, and for Ben Carson, He can also do for you when you put your trust in Him.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to connect to your wisdom so that I can be a wonder to my world. Help me to see right, so that I can do right. Help me to stay and walk in your perfect will for me, so that what you have ordained for my life and destiny, can come into full manifestation, in Jesus Name. .
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When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS]