The truth of life is this: what you engage is what you receive. “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth (or allows) violence, and the violent take it by force\” – Matthew 11:12 (parenthesis mine). It is clear from the scripture that what you don’t take you won’t have.
Many people erroneously think that when they become financially prosperous they will be successful in every other area of their lives. No sir! Success in one area of life is not automatic success in every other area of life.
Ephesians 3:10 – “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God”. The scripture declares that God’s wisdom is manifold, or many-sided. So you see, you need to engage a specific wisdom of God to enjoy a specific victory Christ has procured for you through the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour.
Ecclesiastes 9:14 – “There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it”
Are you confronted with a seemingly impossible problem? This little city with few men was confronted with a great king. The king besieged the little city and built a great bulwark against it. There seemed to be no way out for this little city – it simply didn’t stand a chance. It was against this background that the Bible said in verse 15 “Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man”.
Is it possible to have a poor wise man? The wise man engaged his wisdom to deliver the city, yet he never engaged his wisdom for his prosperity. This is why I say success in an area of life is not an automatic success in other areas of life. David, like this poor man, delivered the entire nation of Israel from Goliath and the Philistines. He was just a shepherd boy at the time, but unlike the poor man he negotiated his prize for fighting and defeating Goliath, and subsequently became a prominent person. The poor man, on the other hand, did not cure his poverty by engaging wisdom. You need to engage the many-sided wisdom of God for all-round success.
The story continues in verse 16; “Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man\’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard”. When the poor wise man engaged his wisdom for the deliverance of his city, he prevailed; but because he did not engage wisdom for prosperity, he remained poor.
You need not remain poor – not after God’s eternal sacrifice of His Son for your total well-being. Engage the specific wisdom of God for specific victories; engage and take it by force. The word of God is the documented wisdom of God and it covers every area of endeavour.
Take a hold of the Word, grow in wisdom and seize your victory by force.