Sept 13 Sun AM
Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars.
Hewn – to carve
We are the house. No builder builds without a plan. God is no different. He has a blueprint and a plan. He does not haphazardly build. He has a purpose in building your life. The purpose is this: He wants to live in the house!
What’s the most important thing in your life? It should be your relationship with God. God wants to be found! He wants to be known. He isn’t hiding himself fromyou, He is hidden foryou.
Proverbs 5:12-13 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
The only person God cannot help is someone who won’t listen!
Pillars – things that are unmovable. They are not negotiable. They hold the weight of everything. Pillars are the foundation. The pillars mentioned in the following verse are the 7 manifestations of character. Character is what makes a person who they are. It’s who you are when no one is looking.
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
1. Pure (righteousness)- Sanctification; holiness; cleanliness; absence of immorality, indecency and filthiness of the flesh.
a. Just because the culture/everyone else is going this way does not meant it’s okay or God is okay with it.
b. God has standards and it is not to keep you from having fun!
2. Peace – calmness; absence of fear, torment, worry, cares, anxiety and confusion.
a. She purges the foundation of your character and removes these fears and cares of this natural world system. You enter into a rest so strong that no trail or circumstance can penetrate.
3. Gentleness– kindness; compassion; absence of harshness, rudeness, violence, roughness.
a. This applies especially to words, behaviors, and actions.
b. Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.
4. Easy to be Entreated (willing to yield; humility)– 100% teachable; easy to correct; doesn’t lift itself up in the presence of others; truly humble and will listen to reason even if it is not your own; meekness; lowliness of mind; absence of stubbornness, pride, arrogance, which are all products of this world system.
a. God hates pride.
b. Psalm 138:6 Though the Lord is on high, yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar
c. Pride tells you the lie that you do not have it. We all have it! Pride tells you that you do not need God. That you can do it on your own. It makes you think you’ve got it together. It makes you think you can operate away from God and be okay. It makes you think you can do what you want to and there will be no consequences.
d. When you are in pride, you act and behave like Satan. Pride originated in him. He is the father of pride.
e. When you hide behind pride, you put up a wall that God cannot get through.
f. Pride in your life will cause you to hurt a lot of people.
g. When we hide we live in pride. When we are real God will heal.
5. Full of Mercy- Love & Forgiveness; letting go; absence of unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, envy, resentment and judgement/criticism.
6. Equality (without partiality) – No partial judgements; not partial between rich and poor, black and white; absence of prejudices
7. Without hypocrisy- absolute truth at all costs; absence of facades, false fronting, lies deceit, dishonesty, fraud, thievery; full of integrity and honesty
Things that are opposite must be hewn/carved/cut away and the seven pillars must be built into your life. These pillars will make you strong. To be carved on you have to present yourself. The more you present yourself the more you are able to be shaped.
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Go to God, admit your pride and harshness. Admit your faults. Ask for help! God wants to help! He is the only one who can! APART FROM GOD WE CAN DO NOTHING!