TODAY'S FORECAST: SLIGHTLY CLOUDY WITH A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM

The firmament, it's one of those things we neglect in life. Sometimes we don't look at the sky until it's changing colors. When the sun goes down we admire all the shades of orange and pink we've never seen in a box of crayola crayons. When our bright blue sky turns into a dismal grey we glance up with every step we take waiting for a beam of sunshine to break through the clouds.

There's a storm headed this way; directed at each and everyone of us. Instead of looking to the Lord while the sun is shining many of us (myself included) wait until the skies that line our life turn grey, we don't seek out Jesus' face until we are immersed in complete darkness. By then it's too late to escape the storm in one piece. All of us will take a beating but the only ones who will make it out unscathed are those who are wise enough to be rooted and grounded in Christ Jesus.

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth these sayings, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded on a rock." Matthew 7:24-25

This wise man's house did not fall because it had a sure and stable foundation. What about you? Do you find yourself leaning on the rock one day then walking away from it another day. Then he is not the foundation of your heart. Jesus said he would liken the those who hear his words and do them unto this wise man. It's time for us to come out of mediocrity and let Jesus be the rock he said that he was going to be. First, by becoming not just hearers of the word but doers also. (James 1: 22)

Jesus can only serve a foundation for you if your house is built upon him and established in his word. Once a house is built does it move? No, of course not, it is fixed in that one spot. Let your heart become a house, allow Jesus, the solid rock to serve as the chief cornerstone so that you will be able to bear the storm headed this way.

WISDOM WEDNESDAYS: Every Wednesday The Carpenter's House will focus on the wisdom found in the word of God

What Is Wisdom and How Can I Get Some?

Wisdom. Everyone wants it. We all would like to be perceived as wise. We all want people to think that we possess some kind of knowledge that they don't have but how can we when we don't even know what wisdom really is? Or who wisdom?

Who is wisdom? Is it possible for wisdom to be a person? How absurd of me to make such a claim, but it is true. Wisdom is a person, a supreme being, the deity of all deities: Wisdom is Jesus Christ. Just look at the definition:

Wisdom–noun
1. the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
2. scholarly knowledge or learning: the wisdom of the schools.
3. wise sayings or teachings; precepts.
4. a wise act or saying.


Jesus is all of those things and more. He has knowledge of what is true and right because he is the truth, "I am the way, the truth, and the life..." John 14:6. He executes fair judgment with discernment and insight that no one else has. You know the wise saying, "he who is without sin, cast the first stone"? Well, that was Jesus. That was the judgment He decreed when the scribes and Pharisees presented the case of a woman caught in adultery.

"They say unto him, Master this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:4-7

Now, by no means was Jesus saying adultery is acceptable behavior, when he was done he commanded the woman, to sin no more but he did not condemn her nor did he allow her accusers to.

Everything that Jesus said was wise, is wise and applicable to life no matter what stage of life you're at or what you are facing. When Jesus went into the temple he taught. "And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them." John 8:2

Jesus is wisdom, come down to man. Now how does one acquire wisdom? By seeking Jesus by searching the scriptures. and living your life according to the word. By accepting Jesus for who he says he is, God and letting him be Lord in your life. That truly is an example of a wise person.

Next week, if it be the will of God, I will begin discussing wisdom from the book of Proverbs.

Who Do Men Say You Are?

Who are you? It's a funny question that has plagued many of us for a number of years, especially since we don't answer based on what we know about ourselves, but instead we answer by regurgitating the garbage others have fed us. The people around us have labeled us as nothing, useless, or have chosen to let one solitary aspect of our life define us and have denied us the right to excel, the right to advise them, counsel them or even pray for them. Like all things there is nothing new under the sun and Jesus had to face this very issue.

When Jesus went to Nazareth, his hometown, to minister he was not greeted with, rolls of Hallelujahs, but with mumbling and questions. Where did, he get such knowledge, wisdom, and power from?

"And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath, this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his bretheren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?" Matthew 13:54-56


Did Jesus let all of their words put him down and stop him from doing the work that he was sent to do. No. Their disbelief and lack of faith became a hinderance to them. They missed out on their healing, their deliverance, and their salvation but Jesus kept on being Jesus. He did not admonish them for their unbelief or go to extreme lengths to prove that he was more than the carpenter's son. So, why are you letting what people have to say about who you are, or what you used be determine the work you do for the King? Every time you let their words impede you it hinders your spiritual growth. Every time you cower or lash out against them to prove who you are you deny Christ.

Humble yourself and let men say what they will knowing that your faith in Christ has now made you a child of God; not all men can say that. You are longer, the nurse or the nurse's daughter, you are longer merely, cashier, but heir to the throne. "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:26

Instead of sulking, run on, doing the work of the Lord, and let men say what they will. Instead of shouting at them, shout praises to God for He has exalted. He has made you the head and not the tail (Deuteronomy 8:13), so why are you letting them lead you. Know on this day that your heavenly Father, loves you and wants to use you to do great works in this land.