Sermon Theme: Seek God’s wisdom for your life
Bible Verse: “Wisdom is more precious than rubies.” –Proverbs 3:15
Bible Story: 1 Kings 12
One of the ways we can seek God’s wisdom for our lives is by spending time with godly people. By listening to what they say and watching how they act, we can grow in wisdom. The bible says in Proverbs 13:20, “He who walks with the wise, grows wise.” There was a king in the Bible who really needed to walk with wise people. He was King Rehoboam.
The King rejected the godly wisdom and listened to his friends! One of the hardest things in life is not letting your friends always tell you what to do. The king’s friends thought it was more important that the people give him respect because he was tough, than it was to help them. The bible says, as a result of taking his friends’ bad advice, the people were so angry at him that his kingdom went to war.
One of the wisest things you can do it pick your friends carefully. If your friends get in trouble often, soon enough, you will too. If your friends don’t care about God, soon enough, neither will you. The people you hang out with will make or break you. King Rehoboam’s friends broke the entire kingdom. He looked in the wrong place for wisdom. The bible says in Job 12:13 “True wisdom and real power belong to God, from Him we learn to live.”
#1: God’s wisdom will guide you (Pray, Read, Listen to Godly people)
Lots of people on TV and in your neighborhood will tryto guide you and tell you how to live. The Bible tells us in Isaiah, “The Lord will guide you always”. I know three easy ways to seek God’s wisdom for your life so when facing a tough decision His wisdom will guide you. Pray, Read, and listen to Godly people
#2: God’s wisdom will protect you (Stop signs)
Last year in American over 40,000 people were killed in car accident. That’s 1 death every 12 minutes. The saddest thing is that most of these accidents happen because the drivers don’t pay attention to road signs.
Proverbs 4:6, “Do not ignore wisdom”. It will protect you as long as you don’t ignore it.
#3: God’s wisdom will show you the truth (X-Ray)
So there was a once a little boy he felt pain in his throat. A couple days later he complained that the pain was now in his stomach. Everyone had something to say about what was wrong. The mom thought it was some kind of food allergies. The dad thought it was just some weird flu virus. As the strange pain continues, the parents decided he needed to go to an expert. They took him to a doctor. He examine the boy closely, from what he could see nothing was wrong. Then the doctor took an x-ray of the child.
The problem was the nickel and the mom and dad were way off, but the x-ray helped us see deeper. It helped us see the true problem. God is an expert in our life. You need to seek God’s wisdom for your life because the wisdom of God helps you look a little deeper and see the problem with some of the things people tell you. The bible says in John 16:13, “The Holy Spirit will guide you in all truth.” The same way an x-ray helped us see that nickel. God’s wisdom will show you the truth, the truth about how we should live and who we should listen to. Seek God’s wisdom for your life.
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