Is practical, effective, and life-altering wisdom & revelation available to all Christians?
Hypothetically speaking, from a Biblical perspective, where should one turn to for very specific help under the following circumstances?
Advising a soon to be college graduate daughter who has a heart to serve those who are in desperate need of practical assistance in developing countries, while at the same has a burning desire to have a real influence in establishing life-changing policies for the right non-profit organization here in the States.
Helping a spouse who works unceasingly to provide essential care for children, and who is going through the process of literally having a house built on her property … ultimately to make a long term investment into her families’ future.
Facing a seemingly impossible situation with a mother-in-law who is battling Dementia and lives so far away that it’s heart wrenching not being able to be there to help her through all of her daily needs, having lost the capacity to manage them herself.
Does the Bible speak to these kinds of nitty gritty issues? And if so, what should our response be?
The Apostle Paul says this in Ephesians 1:13-17, “In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit as owned and protected. The Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers; I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
So we too, like Paul can always pray for a spirit of wisdom and of revelation over the above 3 hypothetical scenarios … as well as pray for any other set of circumstance under the sun!
Jesus said in John 14:16-17, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”
I believe the key to understanding better what the spirit of wisdom and revelation that Paul prays for, is clarified in the phrase that immediately follows …“So that you may know Him better.”
When we find ourselves praying on behalf of other believers like Paul was in Ephesians chapter 1 … we can boldly intercede on their behalf and ask the Lord to provide them with His spirit of wisdom and revelation.
I’m so grateful that the Lord has given us a lifelong process to know Him better, as well as to make Him known to a lost and dying world around us. May He receive the glory for all of our sincere prayers as He answers them in His time!