God's ways are far above our ways, his thoughts are far above our thoughts. We must be careful to not try to define God by our limited experience or understanding.
So, according to the Bible verse in the book of James 1:5-8, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts, is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let no man supose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
FAITH - Forsaking All I Trust Him
If we're asking the Lord for his wisdom every day, and we believe he is giving it to us generously, do we act on the wisdom he gives us, or are we double-minded? When the Holy Spirit drops something in our heart, a thought, a desire, a new idea, a plan, even an inkling to do something, we don't ignore it, and tell ourself, "Oh yeah, I have to do that, but not now, maybe I get it later." We ask the Lord for wisdom, he gives us wisdom, and then we don't act on it?
Why are we not acting on what God drops into our heart? Not convenient, doesn't sound good to us, someone doesn't agree with it, or I'll do it later? God puts it on our heart for a reason - to do it. Then, when we put it off, 5 minutes later, God puts it on our heart again? Why are we even asking for God's wisdom if we want to control everything, including the timing of when we do something, or what we do when? I thought we gave everything to the Lord already.
When we act on the leading of the Holy Spirit, in a timely fashion, we will be amazed at God's wisdom, and how the Lord is so way ahead of us in everything. In the Gospel of John, often times we can read how Jesus only did what God told him to do. He never did what he himself wanted to do. He only said what God wanted him to say, not what he wanted to say.
"As many as are led by the Spirit, they are the sons of God."
Jesus didn't raise Lazarus from the dead until the 4th day after his death. The Bible says, "The body of Lazarus began to stink." We have all heard of many testimonies of people being raised from the dead, in our life times. No doubt it really happened. Truly all things are possible with the Lord. God must have told Jesus specifically, "Don't raise Lazarus from the dead, until the 4th day." So, that's what Jesus did. His body was already decomposing, and started to stink from rot. But, when Jesus yelled out his name, where all the tombs were, "Lazurus, come forth!" Lazarus hoped out of his tomb, all wrapped in grave clothes, with every part of his body fully restored! Someone said that It was a good thing Jesus didn't say, "Come forth!" or all the corpses in all the tombs in ear shot would have come to life and started hoping out, looking like zombies in their grave clothes. No, God only wanted Lazarus to be raised from the dead at that time. We don't know why, or what God's purpose is in many things he has us do. Some answers we get right away, some answers don't come to us until years have passed.
So, if we really are following Jesus with all our heart, we will keep asking for his wisdom every day, and actually expect Him to flood us with it (he did say liberally, or generously). And, we should act upon the wisdom we asked for, and always thank God for it.
The wisdom of God can be many things, from things in the future, connecting the dots of things in the past, what to do at the right time, to even knowing how to do something, or even knowing what to say at the perfectly right time. Worked for a guy in our Church recording studio, and and the Holy Spirit would gave him precise electrical schematics to put the studio together. Or, a person, on the job, walks into a situation, and somehow starts picturing in his mind, everything that needs to be done, right down to the smallest detail. Or suddenly having complete understanding of something extremely complex. We don't turn the wisdom of God on or off, we just diligently ask for it, every day, and as we live our normal lives, God gives us his wisdom, generously, when we do it. We must remember to keep humble and give God all the credit and glory, because, the truth is, we know it wasn't ever us. Even if we just do it in our minds, we thank God always for all these cool things we see him doing in our lives, and around us every day.
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