There’s a wisdom from God that’s revealed to 

us to live by. Jesus functioned in it, and as a 

result,  He  completely  baffled  and  dazzled  those  in 

His day. He had a different mindset. His words and 

teachings were different; in most cases, they were in 

complete antithesis to the Law, and to natural human 

thinking. 

According to the Law, for example, the soul that 

sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:20), but Jesus manifested the 

love,  mercies  and  grace  of  God:   “For  the  law  was 

given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus 

Christ” (John 1:17). Moses taught “An eye for an eye; 

life  for  life”;  but  Jesus  came  to  reveal  to  us  the  life 

and nature of God; the way God thinks—the way that 

wins—the love-way. 

Man had been raised in the natural world to be 

vengeful, to be insulting and injurious. But Jesus taught 

that we should love our enemies, pray for, and bless 

our detractors and persecutors: “…Love your enemies,

The Word of God is trustworthy; it’s living and 

active,  sharper  than  any  two-edged  sword 

(Hebrews 4:12 AMPC). God’s desire for us is to be 

built by the Word; we excel and make progress by the 

Word. 1 Peter 2:2 says, “As newborn babes, desire the 

sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” 

He wants us to accept the Word of God like children. 

Children are trusting. 

Jesus  said,  “…Truly  I  say  to  you,  unless  you…

become  like  little  children  [trusting,  lowly,  loving, 

forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven 

[at  all]”   (Matthew  18:3  AMPC).  Exhibiting  childlike 

confidence in the Word doesn’t make you gullible or 

naïve. Rather, it means you’re smart and functioning 

in the wisdom of God. 

Many make the Word of non-effect in their own 

lives because they argue with the Word; they always 

try  to  rationalize  the  Word.  Children  don’t  try  to 

rationalize things; they simply act from their standpoint 

of innocence, trusting the one who’s leading, guiding 

or instructing them. That’s how we ought to be with 

the Word. 

“The disobedient” in our opening text, following 

the  original  Greek  rendering,  means  one 

who can’t be persuaded; one who’s headstrong and 

doesn’t want to go in the right direction. He or she 

deliberately  chooses  to  do  wrong.  There’re  such 

people  today;  They’re  unyielding;  even  when  they 

know the truth, they choose to do otherwise. They’re 

unwilling to submit to the Word of God, which is the 

wisdom of God. 

Part  of  the  responsibility  of  those  whom  the 

Lord has sent with His message of truth is to turn the 

hearts  of  these  disobedient  folks  to  the  wisdom  of 

the just. The wisdom of the just refers to the mindset 

of the righteous. It’s a mind that’s yielded and given 

to the Word—easily persuaded by the Word to act in 

conformity to the Word. 

Such a person is willing to accept the Word, and 

to make adjustments on the basis of the Word. That’s 

functioning  in  the  wisdom  of  the  just.  True  wisdom 

is  living  in,  and  by  God’s  Word;  being  influenced 

and propelled by the Word to the right thoughts and 

actions. 

Until  and  unless  you’re  submissive  to  the 

Lord  and  His  Word,  you  really  can’t  walk 

with the Spirit of God. True humility is yielding to the 

will of the Father; acting on the Word, regardless and 

independent of circumstances. It’s about honouring, 

regarding,  and  giving  preference  to  others,  because 

the Word says so. 

In  Philippians  2:3  (AMPC),  the  Spirit  adjures, 

“Do  nothing  from  factional  motives  [through 

contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy 

ends] or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance. 

Instead,  in  the  true  spirit  of  humility  (lowliness  of 

mind) let each regard the others as better than and 

superior  to  himself  [thinking  more  highly  of  one 

another than you do of yourselves].”  Don’t carry your 

shoulders so high against your brothers and sisters in 

Christ, especially your leaders in the Lord; be humble. 

Be submissive. 

Pride and unsubmissiveness are signs of demonic presence. 

Satan wasn’t submissive to God; he was a 

proud figure, and for his haughtiness, God kicked him 

out of his place of honour. You must make up your 

mind to walk in humility. It’s part of the manifestation 

of the life of Christ in you. 

Hebrews 13:17 says, “Obey them that have the 

rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch 

for your souls, as they that must give account, that 

they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is 

unprofitable for you.”  You can talk in tongues; you 

can prophesy; but if you’re not submissive and humble, 

it’s all in vain. 

Walking in humility is a great blessing. Use it for 

your life, to guide yourself, and you’ll be amazed at the 

blessings that would result. Humility brings promotion. 

The Bible says God resists the proud and gives more 

grace  to  the  humble;  resulting  in  honour,  increase, 

enlargement, and progress.