Job 32:8 ‘But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.’

DAILY READING   – Luke 4:1-30; Ezekiel 44-45; Isaiah 64

In 1987 , at John Hopkins hospital Baltimore, a team of physicians and nurses rehearsed for months to perform just one surgery. It was the groundbreaking operation to separate infant Siamese twins joined at the head. Such a surgery had never been done successfully before. And the doctors had tasked their brains and stretched their medical knowledge to the limit looking for a solution to the medical puzzle.

On the day of this surgery, leading the team of doctors was a young pediatric neurosurgeon named Ben Solomon Carson. Being a Christian he had prayed and sought God’s wisdom on this matter. Finally came the moment to put a knife to the large vein connecting the Siamese twins, to separate them. This was the most dangerous part in the entire operation. It was a make or break moment. If things went badly it would be terrible for the young doctor’s career. But if it was a success, it would boost his reputation. As a sign of deference and respect Dr. Carson, offered the knife to his boss, Dr. Donlin Long, head of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. But Dr. Long refused and asked young Ben Carson to go ahead and make the cut. Applying a method he had received earlier by inspiration of The Holy Spirit, Dr. Carson took the knife and cut the vein. The Siamese twins were separated without either of them dying. The surgery was a success. This became a groundbreaking moment in medical history. And suddenly the then-35-year-old Ben Carson was launched into  stardom. He has achieved what no other doctor had ever achieved. The young doctor who had grown up in a ghetto, raised by a poor single mother, stepped into a global spotlight that has never dimmed..

Job 32:8 says, ‘But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.’

The inspiration of the Almighty will always elevate a man above his peers. Divine wisdom has the capacity to make men stars on the earth. No one gets far with common sense. Many of the Biblical heroes were elevated by divine wisdom.  In the story of  Daniel we see a slave boy who become a ruler in Babylon; Joseph, a prisoner who became a prime minister, David a shepherd boy who became king and Esther a slave girl who became queen.  Indeed it is the wisdom of God that makes stars of men. Divine wisdom, which is from above, will always prove superior to all other kinds of wisdom.

Many times the solutions we need to a problem may not be as complicated as we may think. All we need is to access the wisdom of God on that issue and a solution will be found. And to flow in divine wisdom we must be connected to God’s words. God’s Word is the conveyor of the wisdom of God; it is God’s wisdom bank. In Isaiah chapter 55, God lets us know that His ways and thoughts are higher than ours. And it is through the study of the Word that our eyes are opened to see God’s way of thinking and acting. And as we begin to think and act as God, then we truly become a wonder to our world.

PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to commit to the constant study of Your Word, so that I can connect to Your divine wisdom, which will elevate me above my peers in Jesus Name.    

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God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222.