Refusing Wisdom Produces Fear and Calamity

God’s Word instructs us: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom (Prov. 4:7). Then it says that wisdom comes out of the mouth of God. (Prov. 2:6.)
Too often when people are caught up in problems, troubles, calamities, and failures, you will hear them say, “Why did God allow this to come? Why didn’t God do something about this? Why did it have to happen to me?”
Well, let’s go to the book of Proverbs and see what God’s Word says about it. 
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me (wisdom) shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.  Proverbs 1:24-33
If you hearken unto wisdom, you will be quiet from fear of evil. 
Turn at the reproof of wisdom, which is the Word of God that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil (2 Tim. 2:26). You have to recover yourself out of some things; God can’t do it for you.


Words Produce Faith Or Fear

Jesus said, Take no thought, saying. Why should Jesus be concerned about our taking thought by saying? Because saying will produce either faith or fear.
Speak faith-filled words, and they will produce faith. Speak fear-filled words, and they will produce fear. I can say things to you that will produce a degree of faith in you; or, I can speak words that will create a sense of fear in you.
Statements like, “What are we going to do? How are we going to make this payment?” produce fear. When you fear, you allow Satan to steal the Word from you. Every time you say such things, you are opening the door for the Devil to speak to your carnal mind. You are to take no thought by saying anything that would open the door to the Devil. 
The Devil clouding your mind with such thoughts is a major area you must deal with if you expect to walk in God’s prosperity. Jesus told us to take no thought by saying because the human spirit is designed to produce in like kind from the seed you plant in your heart. If you plant thoughts based on worry, your spirit will produce-and, in fact, lead you to-the very thing you fear.
Remember this: Satan is very limited in what he can do unless you fear! Fear releases his ability against you. He can no more prevail against you if you are without fear than God can move in your behalf without faith! Faith brings God on the scene, but fear is an invitation to Satan.
Learn to control your vocabulary and harness your tongue because by your words you release the ability of Satan against your finances, your home, and your physical body.


Confessions In Fear

You can get built up to the point where you confess the Word of God: “My God meets my need according to His riches in glory.” You have prayed. You have confessed God’s Word. You believe you have received. You have thanked God for it. There is no doubt in your mind at that point that you have received. You believe it with your heart. 
But then five days later when it hasn’t come to pass, the Devil comes along and everything seems to be going against you. You are on a low limb! That is not the time to start trying to make a confession of your faith! Just rest on what you said in faith five days before. It is possible to make right statements in fear.
As we have already seen from the fifth chapter of Mark, Jairus came to Jesus in faith. He said, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live (v.23). Now that was a faith statement. Jairus spoke those words when his faith was high. He believed that Jesus could heal his daughter.
But later someone comes and says, “Jairus, your daughter is already dead. Just forget it. Don’t trouble the Master anymore.” Jairus had spoken in faith, but now the dry winds of doubt were blowing against him. He was in a bad situation. That was not the time for him to start making faith confessions. He just needed to rest on the statement he had made when his faith was high.
Don’t misunderstand me. You can go to the Word of God and quote it in a situation like that, but there is a difference between making a confession of God’s Word as an exercise of faith and doing it in fear. I have heard people say these things in fear. They were saying it, not because of the faith that was in their hearts, but because they were afraid that very things was going to happen. They started making confessions in fear.
But Jairus just kept his mouth  shut.
You can quote God’s Word in this kind of situation; just quote it over and over to yourself. Then when you want to speak a word of faith to effect something, you will be filled with the Word of God. Your faith and your Word level will be high.
There is a difference between saying God’s Word to put it inside you and speaking the Word out to effect something. There are times when all Christians have some doubt. Don’t try to speak the word of faith at those times. Start speaking it to put it in your heart and cause faith to come; or, just keep your mouth shut as Jairus did.



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