TOPIC: BUY THE SWORD THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
TEXT : Proverbs 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Memory Verse: 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit
FOCUS
Today we are looking at how do we sharpen our sword. But before we can start talking about sharpening the sword, we have to know how do we get the sword. Buy the sword through knowledge. Your knowledge is the sword, knowledge is power. Have you seen a knowledgeable person before, then you have a person of power. Have you seen someone that knows? That person is in charge.
The area you cultivate the interest of knowing is the area you become master in. For example, if you decide to study science, ofcourse when it comes to the world of science you are not going to be a novice and even science has different parts. So, the area you concentrate on to know, is the area you become master. You can use your knowledge to kill or to save that is why I said, buy the sword through knowledge. Knowledge must be found, you are the one to look for it , consciously search for it. Even God approves a man a knowledge, when you see a man that knows, even God approves that man. Because the area you are suffering now, may be the area you have not paid attention to. When you begin to pay attention to that area, you become a master in that area and the devil can no longer push you around.
God is not expecting his children to be lazy. We live a world where laziness is the order of the day; people are so lazy that they don’t know what they are expected to know. Education will only give you information, you have to transform your information to revelation through knowledge then, you expectation will not be cut off. It is when you know what you are supposed to know, that you can begin to lay claim on your desired expectations.
LESSON
Isaiah 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
We are going to see what knowledge will do for you. You must know what knowledge will do before you have the zeal to pursue knowledge. Knowledge must be pursued, you can key into people’s knowledge by listening to them, you can go for research, you can listen to or read people’s biography, people’s exploits, events, discoveries, you can be inspired. The Holy Spirit can actually inspire you so that you can know what others don’t know. Especially when it comes to life battles, the Holy Spirit can open your eye to see what nobody have seen, the source of the problem can be revealed to you.
If you want to be stable in life, you need to go for knowledge. That you came out for alter call does not guarantee the strength of your salvation that is why you see people backslide and go back again. It is because their salvation does not have strength. Do you want to fear, maybe you have been telling yourself, you want to know God, develop an intimacy with Him, but you don’t sit down to read. How do to know someone you don’t read about, you don’t listen to?
Knowledge is not abstract, it must be built like you are building a building. You must come to the understanding that Lord, build me, give me the zeal to pursue right knowledge. There are right and wrong knowledge. Don’t forget that until you know the right thing, you don’t know anything. God for knowledge, it will give you stability, it will make your salvation strong, you won’t be a fair weather christians that when things happen, you swift with the wind.
PERSONAL CONFESSION
I receive grace to search for right knowledge in the Name of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me laziness that hinders knowledge.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Knowledge is not for lazy people.
Only the diligent search for right knowledge because knowledge is a sword.