“If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.” AMPC
Many in the body of Christ are awakening to the reality that they have not been walking in true wisdom which comes from above. In these end-times, we need to face the truth and recognize our deficiency in this area, and truly tell its difference from the wisdom of the world.
True wisdom, as the Scripture above describes is a giving wisdom. God gives it to us when we ask Him. But let`s look at the way He chooses to give it to us: in His agape love toward us, He recognizes that we constantly fall short of His glory and need His grace to get back up and walk in right standing with Him. That is why His wisdom and the way He gives it to us is liberal, ungrudgingly, without reproach or faultfinding when we humbly come before Him and acknowledge our shortcomings.
This means that everything He gives to us, including wisdom, comes from Him because He loves us and chooses to lavish His love on us. Therefore, He expects us to also give ourselves to others no matter who they are and what they may have done to us or against us in the same manner God gives to us. That is— we forgive and give grace and mercy liberally, ungrudgingly, without reproach, and without finding fault. In other words, the more we reach higher levels of spiritual maturity, the more we are expected to esteem others higher than ourselves (Philippians 2:3).
Also, the fact is, that the way we see others is a reflection of the way we see ourselves. We are called to love God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind, and love our neighbor as we love ourselves (Luke 10:27). But the way we show our love for others in our thoughts, and in our actions, reflects back to us because as we think of and treat others, it boomerangs right back to us.
The Bible says that we are to do unto others exactly as we want them to do unto us (Luke 6:31). This is because what we sow unto others with our thoughts, words, and deeds, will come back to us because the Word of God will be fulfilled that says that we reap what we sow. Galatians 6:7 says,
“7 Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.” AMPC
Another way to translate the language of the Kingdom of God it is spelled, H-O-N-O-R. Among the definitions of honor, we have:
1) High respect; great esteem,
1.1) A person or thing that brings credit,
1.2) a title of respect given to or used to address a judge or a mayor,
2) Adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct.
2.1) A woman`s chastity or her reputation for being chaste.
3) Something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing pride and pleasure; a privilege.
3.1) A thing conferred as a distinction, especially an official award for bravery or achievement. (oxforddictinaries.com).
Matthew 15:4 says,
“For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely come to his end by death.”AMPC
Matthew 19:19 also says,
“Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.” AMPC
In the Kingdom of God, love is translated as honor. As seen in these passages, one powerful example is how we are commanded to honor our parents and the penalty for being deficient in this area is a short life span on the earth. This means that people that do not treat their parents with honor do not get to complete their assignments on earth and it will be passed down to a person that is willing to walk with a heart after God`s heart to honor others.
1 Samuel 2:30 makes it plain in demonstrating how God feels about those who honor Him and those who do not. We honor God with a lifestyle of worship in everything we do, including how we think of and treat others. It says, “30 Therefore the Eternal God of Israel declares: “I promised that your family would go in and out of My presence forever. But now I surely declare, those who honor Me I will honor, but people who choose to despise Me, I, in turn, will consider contemptible: those who hate Me will not matter to Me.” The Voice
Thus, it is crucial that we spend time seeking the healing of our souls, for out of it come the filters through which we see God, others, and ourselves. 3 John 2 explains what happens to us when our soul prospers. “ 2 My beloved friend, I pray that everything is going well for you and that your body is as healthy as your soul is prosperous.” AMPC
When we remove the filters of hurts and traumas from our souls, we can then see others more clearly through the eyes of faith that works through love. Galatians 5:6 says that this type of faith is the only thing that counts. That is because we have learned to see others exactly the way God sees them and have the prophetic perspective to think, act, and see the best for that person because Christ died for them too and like Him, we can see the end from the beginning in their lives. To God alone be all the glory. ©2017
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