COVENANT UNIVERSITY, A UNIVERSITY OWNED BY A PASTOR BISHOP OYEDEPO WAS THE ONLY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY TO MAKE THE FIRST 500 IN THE WORLD IN 2019
COVENANT UNIVERSITY IS A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY AND IT IS BARELY 19 YEARS
THIS KIND OF WISDOM IS BEYOND ACADEMICS
IT IS NOT HOW MANY OFFERINGS THAT YOU TAKE THAT DETERMINES THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH; ANYWHERE YOU ARE PRESSURED TO GIVE, WISDOM IS NOT OPERATING THERE!
Pastor David Ibiyeomiel on “Impartation for Divine Wisdom ” at SMHOS Mid-week Service
Shall we consciously give thanks to God for the miracles, signs and wonders that we have experienced and enjoyed.
Nobody encounters God carelessly. Every encounter is when you are full of expectation. Today is a special service for wisdom. Solomon took time to ask God for it. Jesus is the epitome of wisdom. Church Gist. Everybody who has had an encounter has always prepared for an encounter. It says, “Wisdom is the principal thing…” So every other thing is the “Vice-Principal” Lord, today I want an encounter that will turn my life around and move me to another level. I desire an encounter with wisdom.
Ephesians 1:17
I was asking the Holy Spirit how to go about today’s service and the Holy Spirit said, “My son, ask them for the spirit of wisdom not mantle of wisdom” I’m not going to bless handkerchief. When you carry the spirit of wisdom, it is different. Church Gist. I told you to bring handkerchief but with the direct instruction from the Holy Spirit, my own will drop. The spirit not the mantle of wisdom. So be ready to have an encounter with the spirit of wisdom.
If you are operating with the spirit of wisdom, if you are asked question, will you put mantle on your head? Be ready to have an encounter. Church Gist. So, while I am speaking, the spirit of wisdom will enter into you. Ezekiel 2:2. Be ready to receive the spirit of wisdom not just carrying handkerchief on your head. It is not wrong to put the mantle on your head, please don’t misquote me. But today, that is not what God wants.
Sometimes, when you put your faith on tangible things, you miss the reality. The spirit of wisdom is the heritage of Every believer. All the outstanding operations of God are products of his wisdom. Church Gist. Psalm 104:24. Everything you are seeing on earth, God created them by wisdom and today, that same spirit of wisdom will find expression in you. The spirit of wisdom is God’s gift placed inside you. 2 Corinthians 4:7. The Holy Spirit is who enhances the flow of divine wisdom in us.
Divine wisdom enhances our mentality and it manifests in various ways. Church Gist. The points I want to share are the signs that show that you operate in the wisdom of God. If these things are not operational in your life, it means you are not manifesting the wisdom of God.
- Divine wisdom releases creative abilities in us. Genesis 1:1-3. In Proverbs 3:19, it says God created everything through wisdom. Creativity is seeing what others can’t see and getting results. Creativity makes you a pacesetter. If you are not creative, you lack wisdom. Job 28:10. Church Gist. When you are operating in the spirit of wisdom, others can be looking but you will be seeing. Creative people don’t look; creative people see. When you are creative, you don’t look, you see. Today, the spirit of wisdom will make you creative in the name of Jesus.
Not everything needed has been created. No! There are so many things to be created. God created trees; he didn’t create wood; he didn’t create furniture. Creativity has not ended. Proverbs 8:12. Inventions are products of divine wisdom. Church Gist. Now listen the people of God. The Church fast and pray but this is the most important thing for the church today.
Anyone who is jobless lacks wisdom. You can’t have divine wisdom and be looking for job. If I say, “Miracle miracle miracle now” People will be full in this service but this is what will make you not to be stranded. The problem is not that there are no jobs; it is the wisdom to create that is lacking.
Wisdom is the most important thing but people don’t value it. I used one year to ask for wisdom. Church Gist. One year! Even if I was not a Pastor, by now, I am telling you I would have still had one of he best businesses on earth. This is Kingdom business and I am succeeding. So, any other business I venture into, I will succeed.
If I was not doing pastoral work, I will still succeed in any business I do by the wisdom of God. All things were made by Jesus. The Bible says, “We are joint-heirs with Christ” Romans 8:17. Now if all things were made by him and we are joint-heirs with him, it means we too should have the ability to do things. Through wisdom, creation has to continue.
Jesus is the power and wisdom of God. Everybody talks about power but how many people talk about wisdom? Church Gist. People look for power to cast out demons, what about the wisdom to be able to succeed? Jesus is not just the power of God; he is also the wisdom of God.
The level of foolishness in the body of Christ is too much. Hope you know. Listen to me, if you ever leave your job the way they gave you, you are not different from a machine. If you are working anywhere and you are given any assignment and there is no improvement on the assignment, they should better give it to a robot. Church Gist. The reason you have wisdom is because at every assignment, you should move it to the next level. Today, wisdom will answer to you.
It is time to initiate new things and take new steps. You cannot operate in the wisdom of God and be stranded on the earth. If you are stranded, wisdom is missing. Church Gist. At every point you see yourself stuck, wisdom is missing. That is why impartation is very important. Even in ministry, anytime a pastor cannot move forward, it is wisdom that is missing.
The man with the largest Pentecostal Church in the world today is Adeboye. He is an embodiment of wisdom. Church Gist. Before Oyedepo started ministry, God told him “Go and meet Adeboye to lay hands on you for wisdom” Have you heard Oyedepo say it before? That is the secret of Oyedepo’s explosion. And if you see Oyedepo, you will see wisdom. And I took one year under Oyedepo in 1996, I knew when I got it. It is not just a show of power. You can even use power to destroy yourself if you lack wisdom. Say, “From today, the spirit of wisdom for creativity answers to me; I desire it, I believe it, I receive it”
An example of wisdom for creativity is the story of Laban and Jacob. When Laban wanted to frustrate Jacob’s life. Jacob eventually beat Laban hands down by wisdom. Church Gist. His creativity level was surpassing. You can’t trap a man who is operating with wisdom. If you say you want to demote him. Where you have demoted him, he will still go ahead to create something that will make you request for him again. That is how powerful wisdom is. If you say you sack anyone operating in wisdom, such a person can go ahead to build something bigger than your own.
- Divine wisdom generates exploits. Matthew 13:54, Marks 6:2. Mighty works are direct products of divine wisdom. Anywhere you see people saying, “How can this man get this kind of result?” Wisdom is at work. When you go around Oyedepo, you can see wisdom. That is the only Pastor today in Nigeria who has two Universities as a Pastor and they are world-class Universities.
No University of any lecturer is a world-class university because on the list of the first 500 Universities in the world, Covenant University is the only Nigerian University to have made it and this university is just about 19 years old. How come a university owned by a Pastor is the only university to come out? That is wisdom. It makes you do things that will make people marvel. Church Gist. And you know with all humility, we are coming. Today, with all humility, our Secondary School is the best. You can’t compare our Secondary School.
The School is in its own class. Last year, our school produced the three best results in Cambridge Exams. We don’t allow malpractice. It is a defendable result. A mission school founded by a Pastor. I have never done education in my life. It is pure wisdom from God. Wisdom is beyond school. There is no Faculty of Wisdom in any university. Today, God will release wisdom into you in Jesus’name.
- Divine wisdom makes you exercise authority. Matthew 8:16. It puts you in command of the challenges of life. When you operate in this kind of wisdom, you subdue challenges. Church Gist. You need wisdom to silence the devil. When challenges come, wisdom will help you to know what to do.
- You reign by Divine wisdom. Proverbs 8:15. That you are a king on the earth does not mean that you will reign if you don’t have wisdom. Church Gist. He has made us Kings and Priests. Revelations 5:10. You have been made already but the wisdom to reign is not there. Today, wisdom will answer in the name of Jesus. You don’t reign because he has made you a king but because of wisdom.
- Wisdom generates wealth. Do you know that money is not how far you stay in the market. Church Gist. Wealth is a product of divine wisdom. Proverbs 3:13-16. Where is money? In Wisdom! A man of wisdom is happy, healthy and wealthy. Wisdom makes you generate wealth. The wealth of this church is by wisdom.
Have you not seen churches where they put three boxes for different offerings? They can take four different offerings in a service. We take just one offering, how come we are still very rich? You need to get to some churches. Offering is in different stages and categories. This church takes just one offering and the time does not exceed three minutes. Have you seen anyone spending more time here collecting offering. If you like give, if you like don’t. It is not enforced nor cajoled. Yet the church is not under pressure.
It is not how many offerings that you take that determines the prosperity of the church. Taking different offerings is not necessary. Everywhere you see wealth, wisdom is at work. Anywhere pressure is applied on you to give, wisdom is lacking there. We will never pressure you to give.
One of the greatest destroyers of wisdom is pride. You know satan was very full, he was called “Lucifer” He was full of wisdom but arrogance found its way into him and he was thrown out and became satan. When you start getting results through wisdom, there is a tendency that you will start to think that nobody can do it except you. Church Gist. When that begins to happen, the fellow is crashing already. This has to do with your heart not even that you pronounce it with your mouth.
You stay and you start thinking in you heart, “… If I am not there, nobody can do it…” You are about to crash the moment you begin to do that. Church Gist. There are many people who can still do what you are doing. People who will even do it better than you do it.
Who gives this wisdom?
God!
He gave it to Joseph Genesis 41:38. That scripture says the one whom the spirit of God is. Spirit not mantle. What you need now is the spirit of wisdom. It was wisdom that brought Joseph to limelight.
He gave it to Daniel. Daniel 6:3. He had an excellent spirit.
He gave it to Solomon as well. 1 Kings 4:29-34
From today, people from afar will come to hear what you will say.
He gave it to Paul. 2 Corinthians 2:5-7. When you get this wisdom, glory will overshadow you.
With all humility, three or four years ago, I stood here. That time, Naira has not reached 500+. I said it here that God gave me a wisdom on what to do for Nigeria to come out of her woes. The following day, a man in power went on air and said what I said. He said, “Well, we know what to do” Till today, he has not been able to do it. I only said one part, I didn’t give them the wisdom to implement it.
Joseph did not tell Pharaoh how he will do it. He only told them of the need to preserve food. Don’t ever share your secret totally. I stood here and I said, ” Oil is not the answer” The man got up on National Television, a top man I won’t mention his name, he always taking. Church Gist. Till today, they could not do it. Wisdom is beyond school. I am not kidding; I can tell Nigeria what to bring out of her woods and in two years, Nigeria will be out of economic crisis but I won’t give it free. No way! I am not bragging.
I know what can bring Nigeria out. If they want me, I will be on National Television so that it will be known that it came from me. It is beyond Central bank, it is beyond Ministry of Finance. Church Gist. The problem of Nigeria is beyond School. Wisdom can bring us out. Today, God will use somebody hearing now to bring the solution.
Jesus also had this wisdom. Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:32. This wisdom is given. You don’t buy it with money. God gives you free.
Divine wisdom is a reality and what is from above is above all.
PRAYERS
Place your hands on your head and say Spirit of Wisdom, answer to me in a higher dimension.
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