It is not necessary to become a wise man/woman in life, but it sure beats perpetual ignorance. There will be times when you need wisdom from the Holy Spirit in a particular situation. This week we will be examining the first gift of the Holy Spirit that is available to Christians who have received the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

The word of wisdom operates in my life when people who have a problem and come to me for a solution. Many times, in just a split second, a solution from the Holy Spirit is downloaded into my soul, and I have been able to share what they need to be victorious in their lives.

But the gift of wisdom is much more than just information for solving a problem. It is the supernatural downloading of knowledge and skills to become a craftsman and to do projects that we would otherwise be unqualified to perform because we lack the education and experience.

This type of wisdom was given to various men around Moses who had just left Egypt where they served as slave laborers making bricks. Suddenly, they possessed the skills to work with gold and silver, to be engravers, stonemasons for buildings and ornaments, and how to manufacture linen and other fabrics.

I believe the Holy Spirit showed Johannes Gutenberg how to build a printing press so that 94 years later Bibles could be mass produced when Martin Luther translated the Bible into German and William Tyndale translated it into English.

Operating in this gift of the Holy Spirit – or any other for that matter – is exciting because it means you are in God’s will and He is choosing to use you for something particular. It is wonderful knowing that the path you’re on is sanctioned by God and receiving His blessing in the form of one of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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Yours in Christ,

Pastor John S. Torell