Treasure His Wisdom
“My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed.” Proverbs 2:1
When Yahweh says, “my child” this indicates He is ready to give you instructions He intends for you to follow through with, to obey. As a beloved child of Yahweh, you have a special relationship with Him. You are precious, the apple of His eye. He longs to tell you so many things, but this is only possible if you will treasure the wisdom he desires to share with you.
This word treasure means to keep carefully, cherish, place great value on, preserve or be devoted to. Let’s think about the words carefully, cherish or place great value on. What if you had the most expensive jewel in all the world would you leave it lying around? Maybe on the patio table where you have coffee in the morning or better yet in the glove box of your car? No, you wouldn’t do that. You would place great value on it. You would handle it with care. How much more care, value and preservation should we have on the words Abba is speaking to us? They are far more valuable than any jewel. How are you caring for the words our Kingdom family is receiving on Sundays, through The Walk or the words He is speaking to you? Are you placing great value on them? Are you devoted to what He is saying to you? Take a few minutes here to pause and let Him help you answer that question. One thing I know to be true is we can automatically answer a question with what we know to be the “right answer”, but it is not actually the truth. Turn your heart openly to the Holy Spirit and hear what He has to say in this moment. Remember, He steps in to help when we are honest.
Let’s go back to treasure. Pastor Tim said Sunday, “no treasure worth having is easily found.” We must position our hearts and lives to seek Him in every moment. His wisdom for our lives is the treasure we need, but we can’t be casual about it. The Kingdom does not operate in casualness. Showing up to the house of Yahweh on Sunday with the anticipation of His glory falling is treasuring the moment. What other moments is He putting in our paths we have the opportunity to treasure? Reading and meditating on scriptures. Listening for what He wants to say in that moment. A hard conversation with your spouse or loved one, a moment with your children, praying for a friend, giving an encouraging word to someone. These little moments lead up to big moments. Anything of value Abba is going to give us He will also give us what we need to hold on to it and see it come to fruition in our lives. The Kingdom demands fruit, but we must treasure His wisdom in order to begin to see that fruit and even still He will prune the fruit we get so we can produce more for His glory.
Treasure = Honor. Honor is an important word for our family. Intimacy, honor and order are the infrastructure we are building at The Wilderness Place. The second part of this verse reveals we will only succeed when we accept His advice and hide it within. We are endeavoring to host the King of Kings in our daily lives. In every moment our hearts are turning to Him to listen for his wisdom. When we do this the overflow of honoring and treasuring will change the world around us. Then when we gather together on a Sunday or Tuesday, we will experience the glory of Yahweh in a mighty way that will physically affect anyone in the room. We are not here to play church and check the box. We are here to glorify Him with our lives and to light up the world with our glow, but it starts with treasuring His wisdom in the little moments.
Sit with your beloved Father today. Allow Him to reveal areas you haven’t treasured. He is not ready to reprimand you. He wants to pull you closer to His heart, hold you until you feel safe and can be honest with Him. There is no greater than He has for you. Freedom is on the other side of His lap.
