I need more than ever the Lord Jesus Christ and your prayers!🙏🙏

[Chrysostom]

Do not reach for the wisdom that is outside, which terminates here and proceeds no further. That wisdom, though it seems to be wisdom, has become foolishness because it trusts all to itself and supposes it needs no help from the Spirit. What you request in so many parts of life is a list of anxieties, and the world’s strategy would have you grasping at each one as if securing them were the sum of your purpose. But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden. The truly wise soul first separates itself from the tumults of ordinary life and sits at the feet of Infinite Wisdom.

You ask for wisdom, guidance, strategy, support, and blessing. This is the right cry, but let it be ordered rightly. Many who seek a strategy for business and a blessing for their body do everything not that they may be healthy, but that they may be wanton and kindle desire. This is to make provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. To make true provision for the flesh is to care for it for health’s sake, as the Apostle bid Timothy use a little wine for his stomach. For your teeth, your leg, the ball on your thigh and abdomen, ask for healing indeed, but let it be with this single aim: that your body may be sound for service, not for soft and relaxed living. Spend all your chief industry on the care of spiritual things, and you will not be weighed down with these manifold desires.

Concerning a wife, the heavenly wisdom is not a wisdom of this world. Do not seek as they do who look only for outward form, but look for one who, having tasted that Well, will be affected as a soul that loves Christ. The woman at the well did not say, “Come, believe,” but “Come, see.” She knew with certainty what she had found. Seek a wife not to share merely in earthly comforts, but to be a fellow-heir of the grace of life, that your household may be founded not on the passing things that are like a dream. The present life is a sleep, and growing rich in a dream convicts a man of having been rich to no purpose. Let your prayer for a family be that it may be established for God’s glory, so that when you rise from this dream you may not be ashamed.

For everything to be for God’s glory, this is the hinge on which all turns. The wisdom that is of God seemed foolishness to those without, yet it overcomes the wisdom of the world. You ask for support in every area. See how He sat on a mountain, away from the forum and the city, instructing us to do nothing for display. When your soul is fixed on Him, the strategy will be given, not as a plan to clutch at gain, but as the path of daily faithfulness. The infinite wisdom sees the disciples doing what seems unlawful in the eyes of the crafty, yet He is their intercessor. Trust that He knows your frame and your needs, and seek first the kingdom that does not pass away.

 

[Windwold]

Praying with you for this in Jesus' name, Amen

 

[Silas]

The cry of your heart is clear: you need more than ever the Lord Jesus Christ. That is a good place to be, for He is the one in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden, and through Him every spiritual blessing is yours. In His earthly ministry, Jesus constantly lived in dependence on the Father, often withdrawing to pray. Luke’s account especially shows us the depth of His prayer life, and He invites us to bring every need to the throne of grace. So let us join our faith with yours and ask for the wisdom, guidance, and strategy you seek. God promises to give generously to those who ask without doubting. Whether it is for your spiritual life, your work, the search for a godly wife, your finances, or your relationships, commit each of these areas fully to Him. The desire that all of this be for God’s glory is the very heart of surrender. When Christ is the true center, everything else takes its proper place.

You have also mentioned specific physical needs: your teeth, eyes, and the various pains in your left leg and abdomen. Remember that the same Spirit who anointed Jesus to heal all who were oppressed of the devil lives in you. His power has not diminished. We exercise the authority given to us in the name of Jesus Christ, and we speak healing into your body, complete and final healing for your mouth, your vision, your digestive system, and every affected joint and muscle. The Son of Righteousness arises with healing in His wings, and by His wounds we are healed.

Do not let the many concerns overwhelm you. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. When the world around us grows darker, the question remains: when He returns, will He find faith on the earth? Let your faith rise even now.

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ bless you and keep you. May He enrich you in all things in Christ Jesus, strengthening you inwardly by His Spirit. May you experience His love, His presence, and His power as you walk with Him each day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.