A "Do nothing vlog" 😊 Wisdom & insight

Ephesians 1:7-9

⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

⁸ which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

⁹ making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

When God redeemed us, He forgave us of all our sin and removed the guilt and penalty of sin. 

But, in our scripture verses for today we’re told that He also gave us spiritual wisdom and insight for godly living.

That we are given the ability to understand God's will and apply it to our life.

It’s in His Word that His Will is revealed and His spirit gives us the desire and ability to understand and obey it.

And we have been given remarkable insight into all that the Lord has provided for us, from today’s scripture verses.

We’re told that our Creator has not only saved us through Jesus’ blood, but that forgiveness is not the only gift lavished upon us in Christ.

That in Christ, the Father has lavished this forgiveness, “in all wisdom and insight”

He has lavished us with these, because, we not only need our sins to be pardoned, but we also need the knowledge of how we should live now that we are born again… and how we are to live in this freedom without taking advantage of God’s mercy or presuming upon His grace. (Rom. 6:1–14; 1 Peter 2:16)

For we need His wisdom and insight to accomplish this task, but that does not mean that we always put this wisdom into practice,

For wisdom and insight to be effective, we must be willing to work on it, to cultivate it, like we cultivate our gardens.

We are to cultivate what the Lord has already given to us in Christ Jesus through prayer, the study of His Word and with the fellowship of other believers.

If we do not continually cultivate this wisdom, we may lose our ability to practice it.

Just like our gardens, if we do little to cultivate the soil, and we scatter seed carelessly on the ground, what we reap will be questionable.

Many believers think God's Will is vague or is hidden from them.

Yet we’re told that He lavished us with wisdom and insight.

You see, until we are willing to align our lives according to His Word… the Holy Spirit will not be able to direct us in our life.

Wisdom is a noun and is defined as:

the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience.

So, Wisdom, is the ability to put what we know into right action.

And we need the Lord’s wisdom to live for Christ.

This Wisdom is a gift of divine grace.

That when we are willing to seek and to put His directives into practice, through prayer and contemplating His Word, that is when the Holy Spirit is able to direct our lives as He brings to our minds this wisdom. 

Thank God for the wisdom and insight He gives us through His Word.

Ask for wisdom to respond biblically to every situation you face today.

And to refresh your spirit with His truth.

God bless and have a great day!