Necessary Wisdom

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don

Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you with

exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. Well, I am extremely joyful today.

The joy of the Lord is my strength. And I'm

joyful that we have a new president sitting in the

White House. I'm joyful that he is doing all he

said he would do, and I am excited about this

four years that we have this open door that we have.

Paul called it an effectual open door, and I want

to take advantage of that, so I hope you do. Also,

two weeks ago, I spoke about the prophetic word the

Lord gave me for twenty twenty five, and I mentioned

that it was part one. Tonight is part two, and

I'm calling part two necessary wisdom. Part one I called

here and obey, tonight is necessary wisdom. If you missed

part one, I explained how I kept seeing in the

natural pictures of owls everywhere, just everywhere, for two and

a half months. That's how the Lord speaks to me

through what he has me see, and that's always in

the natural. He has me see it in the natural,

and then he helps me to understand what that means

pertaining to the spiritual realm. I would encourage you to

go back and listen to part one if you haven't,

and you can do that on my website which is

pureheart dot today, or you can download the eye Heart

Radio app which is very simple to do, go to

podcasts and put in pure Heart ministries in the spiritual realm.

Owls symbolize godly wisdom, counsel, insight, knowledge, and circumspect virtue

from above. This new year twenty twenty five, you will

need such. You will need to operate with circumspect virtue

from above. What do I mean by that? Circumspect virtue

refers to the quality of being cautious, mindful, observant and

taking into account potential risks and benefits in order to

make well informed choices. Owls are extremely observant of their

surrounding things, not just during the daylight, but in total darkness.

The owl has heightened skills of observational awareness. The word

circumspect conveys carefulness, thoughtfulness, and prudence in one's actions and decisions.

So you can see I'm repeating so that you can

get this, this whole idea of being circumspect is about

being cautious and mindful and observant and thoughtful before you

make a decision. Derived from the Latin word circumspecteo, it

means looking around and watching from all sides and angles.

Also being cautious and considering all possible consequences before proceeding,

so that ou is always I mean that head can rotate.

It's watching, it's observant, it's paying attention because it's looking

for prey, and so we are to be cautious and

considering all consequences before proceeding. It's a virtue that helps

individuals navigate through uncertain situations with wisdom and foresight. Now

you need to listen carefully to what I'm saying. Okay.

It's a virtue that helps individuals navigate through uncertain situations

with wisdom and foresight or insight to avoid hasty decisions.

Now that's where wisdom comes in the Book of Proverbs.

I mean, you could just call the Book of Proverbs

a book of wisdom. Now, what exactly I'll define a

proverb for you. A proverb expresses a truth based on

common sense, and it describes a basic rule of conduct.

You read the Book of proverbs, and you begin to

understand very quickly that it has to do with all

relationships in your life in society. It's horizontal. It's in

the horizontal arena here everybody that's in your you know,

span of influence. Solomon stated right from the get go,

right from the beginning, he stated that his proverbs were

to know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding,

and to receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline

of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity. Now, only the

Lord knows what this year holds for you and I,

but I assure you, I assure you whatever decision you make,

make them with circumspect virtue. Now, some of you who

are not used to prophetic words or prophecy because you're

in a church that doesn't even teach it. You know,

this is scriptural, So this is not far out as

I've said before. This is scriptural. But many of you

aren't in a church where they teach the Bible, and

they only teach part of the Bible, and they consider

prophecy to be something of the of you know, just

of the Old Testament. Well, actually there's much prophecy in

the New Testament as well. So anyway, I chose scriptures

that I feel you should review in terms of what

we're talking about, this circumspect virtue. So we'll start, and

pretty much every scripture I've pulled, I'm reading it out

of the amplified Classic version of the Bible, so your

Bible may say something a little different. But I'm starting

with the Ecclesiastes, Chapter seven, verse nineteen. It says true

wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than

ten rulers in a city. True wisdom is a strength

to the wise man more than ten rulers in a city.

That says a whole lot Proverbs twenty four, verses three

through six. Through skillful and godly wisdom is a house,

a life, a home, a family built. And by understanding

it is established on a sound and good foundation, and

by knowledge shall its chambers of every area be filled

with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is

strong and is better than a strong man, and a

man of knowledge increases and strengthens his power. So we

see that wisdom is able to help you build your life,

your physical, spiritual life, your actual home, your family, And

by understanding that you're establishing a sound and a good foundation.

And a strong man is less than a wise man.

A wise man is strong, but he is better than

a strong man. And a man of knowledge increases and

strengthens his power. Ephesians five point fifteen. Look carefully, then,

how you walk. Look carefully then, how you walk? Live

purposely and worthily and accurately, Not as the unwise and

the witless, but as wise, sensible, and intelligent people Ephesians

two ten. For we are God's own handiwork, his workmanship

recreated in Christ, Jesus born anew, that we may do

those good works which God predestined and planned beforehand for us,

taking paths which He prepared ahead of time, that we

should walk in them, living the good life which He

pre arranged and made ready for us to live. Ephesians

chapter five, verses one through eleven. Okay Paul's writing to

the Church of Ephesus. He says, therefore, be imitators of God,

copy him and follow his example as well, beloved children,

imitate their Father and walk in love, esteeming and delighting

in one another. As Christ love us, as Christ has

loved us and gave himself up for us. A slain

offering and sacrifice to God for you, so that it

became a sweet fragrance. I'll tell you before I go on.

You know, if you don't walk in God's love, then

you are absolutely not walking in God's wisdom verse three.

But immorality, sexual vice, and all impurity of lustful, rich

and wasteful living or greediness must not even be named

among you, as is fitting and proper among saints God's

consecrated people. Let there be no filthiness, obscenity in decency,

nor foolish and sinful, silly and corrupt talk, nor coarse jesting,

which are not fitting or becoming. But instead voice your

thankfulness to God. And let me just stop there for

a second. You know this is very common in the workplace.

I know, I was in the workplace for many, many years,

and you know, people will tell dirty jokes, they'll use

foul language and talk about things, and you know they'll

even they'll even tell you some disgusting things. And then

you know, courseesting is you know, like making fun of people,

just being crude and rude. So none of that, none

of that is becoming of a Christian, none of it,

So don't partake of it. But instead voice or thankfulness

to God. So if you're in a situation where someone's

carrying on like that, just leave the room. Just exit

verse five. For be sure of this that no person

practicing sexual vice or impurity in thought, in thought, or

in life, or one who is coveteous, who has lustful

desire for the property of others and is greedy for gain,

for he, in effect is an idolator, has and has

any inheritance in the Kingdom of God. Be sure of

this that this person will not have any inheritance in

the Kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one

delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments

for these sins. For through these things the wrath of

God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience. It's

it's really, uh, it's really wasteful time to get into

arguments with people. I mean, that's certainly you know, being contentious,

that's sinful. You don't want to go there, you know,

just don't get into an argument. Just let it go

because you're not going to probably win the win the argument,

and then you're setting yourself up and you're just walking

by the devil's playbook. It says, so do not associate

or be sharers with them. Yeah, hello, don't engage in that.

Don't associate with people who are contentious and argumentative. For

once you were darkness. Yeah we were all in darkness.

But now you are light in the Lord. Walk as

children of light. Lead the lives of those native born

to the light. Amen for the fruit, the effect, the

product of the light or the spirit consists in every

form of kindly goodness, uprightness of heart, and trueness of life.

Now there it is. So when you're messing around with darkness,

you know, getting an argument and you're just carrying on,

or there's some sexual thing, or you're covetous, or you're greedy,

or you're an idolater. You know, there's I mean, the

wrath of God comes on the sons of rebellion and disobedience.

You're not in the darkness anymore. So don't act like

the darkness. Don't continue to walk in the darkness. You

are children of light, and you're to produce good fruit,

kindly goodness, uprightness of heart, and trueness of life. And

try to learn in your experience what is pleasing to

the Lord. Let your lives be constant proofs of what

is most acceptable to Him. And I have said this

so many times to the folks in my Bible study.

Love what God loves and hate what God hates. It

just that simple. It just boils down to that. Just

love what God loves and hate what God hates, and

that'll steer you clear of a lot of bad stuff. Lastly,

take no part in, and have no fellowship with the

fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness. But instead, let your

lives be so in contrast to expose and reprove and

convict them. Okay, the next set of scriptures Colosss Chapter four,

verses five and six, behave yourselves why, living prudently and

with discretion in your relations with those outside the world,

the non Christians, making the very most of the time,

and seizing the opportunity. I'm going to read that again.

Behave yourselves wisely, living prudently and with discretion in your

relations with those of the outside world, the non Christians,

making the very most of the time and seizing the opportunity.

Let your speech at all times be gracious, pleasant, and winsome,

seasoned as it were with salt, so that you may

never be at a loss to know how to answer

anyone who puts a question to you. And that is,

you know, that's wisdom right there by itself. Because we

just read about not you know, having courseesting, not you know,

not using profane words, not telling dirty jokes, not being

rude and all of that. We're just you know, when

you're around what doesn't matter who you're around, but put

in particular non Christians, you know, sees the opportunity. What

that means is take advantage of the fact that you're

in the presence of non Christians, and let your speech

be gracious and pleasant and winsome, and season it with salt.

Don't start an argument, don't start bashing them over the

head about their lifestyle, et cetera, et cetera. You know,

we are made in the image and likeness of Christ,

where to carry his nature. We're to express all that

He is to people, which is primarily love. And you know,

the fragrance of Christ is sweet. It's not bitter, it's

not sour, it's sweet. And we never want to be

at a loss to know how to answer them when

they put a question to us. And I assure you,

at some point somebody's going to put a question to you.

Two Timothy two twenty one through twenty six. Two Timothy

to twenty one through twenty six. So whoever cleanses himself

from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from

contact with contaminating and corrupting influences, will then himself be

a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes,

consecrated and profitable to the Master fit, and ready for

any good work. While there's the bottom line. You've got

to be separate. You have to separate yourself from stuff

that's unclean, from influences that will contaminate you and corrupt

you and take you down the wrong path. Because you

want to be consecrated. You want to be a vessel

for God's honor for noble purposes. And here's the key.

You want to be profitable to the Master fit and

ready for any good work that He has for you

to do. Amen. Verse twenty two. Shun youthful LUs and

flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness all

that is virtuous and good right, living conformity to the

will of God in thought, word, and deed, and aim

at and pursue faith and love and peace and harmony

and agreement with others in fellowship with all Christians who

call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. Wow.

I mean that's a mouthful. So you know there it is.

Pursue everything that's righteous, have right living. And here's how

you have right living. You con form to the will

of God in your thoughts, in the words you speak,

and the acts the deeds that you do. You conform

to God in those three areas, and you aim at,

and you pursue faith and love and peace and harmony

and agreement in fellowship with all Christians Verse twenty three.

But refuse shut your mind against have nothing to do

with trifling, ill informed, unedifying, stupid controversies over ignorant questionings,

for you know that they foster strife and breed quarrels.

So this is where you need wisdom. Here's where you

need circumspect, virtue, being patient, being cautious, watching how and

what you say. Don't get into ill informed, unedifying, stupid

controversies over ignorant questionings, cause they foster stripe and breed quarrels.

Just you have to know that ahead of time, So

be careful, don't you know political politics. If you're with

the wrong crowd, you're gonna get yourself into some controversies.

Be cautious how you move forward. Be cautious about the

decisions that you make. Verse twenty four. And the servant

of the Lord, that's who you are, that's who I am.

A servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, fighting

and contending. Instead, he or she must be kindly to

everyone and mild tempered, preserving the bond of peace. That's

key right there. Preserving the bond of peace. That's the avenue,

that's the path we want to take. We want to

preserve the bond of peace. We don't want to contend

and fight, and it's just ungodly, it's just acting like

the devil. We must be a skilled and suitable teacher,

patient and forbearing, and willing to suffer wrong. Verse twenty five.

He must correct his opponents with courtesy and gentleness, in

the hope that God may grant that they will repent

and come to know the truth, that they will perceive

and recognize and become accurately acquainted with and acknowledge it,

and that they may come to their senses and escape

out of the snare of the devil, having been held

captive by him. Henceforth to do God's will on Peter

two twenty one. For even to this you were called.

It is inseparable from your vocation. For Christ also suffered

for you, leaving you his personal example, so that you

should follow his footsteps. Proverbs fourteen eight. The wisdom, godly wisdom,

which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of

God of the prudent, is to understand his way. You

know several of these scriptures, I mean, they really say it. All.

Godly wisdom is, you know, getting insight into the purposes

and ways of God, to understand his ways. And I'll

end with Proverbs three five through eight. Lean on, trust

in and be confident in the Lord with all your

heart and mind, And do not rely on your own

insight and understanding in all your ways. Know, recognize, and

acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and

plain your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes.

Reverently fear and worship the Lord, and turn entirely from evil.

It shall be health to your nerves and sinews and

marrow and moistening to your bones. Well, I trust you

were blessed by the word of the Lord. One thing

is for sure in twenty twenty five, you must be

an active participant in the Kingdom of God. Hear and obey,

and let the wisdom of God rule in your life.

Ay men. Well, this is Don Noble. You can go

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you again next week, saying shalloam shalam peace be unto you.