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Second Samuel chapter 14 verse 20, but my Lord has wisdom, like the wisdom of the angel of God,

to know all things that are on the earth. So this verse comes in the middle of a chapter that

revolves around David and Absalom and Joab. We don't have time to get into all the details of

the story here, but the reason I want to read this first and lead us to pray according to it,

because there's an acknowledgement here that God has given King David wisdom, wisdom to lead,

and we think about all the promises we have in the Bible. For those who are in Christ,

He is our wisdom. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 tells us James chapter 1, whenever you lack wisdom,

ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault. So God promises to give us wisdom.

We have in us those who are those who are followers of Jesus have in us the spirit of wisdom,

but what is lacking here in David's life and his leadership in second Samuel chapter 14

is courage to act upon the wisdom that he has. And this is why one of the things I pray all the time

for in my life and the lives of my family members and co-laborers and members of the church

that I have the privilege of pastoring I pray all the time for wise courage or maybe a different

way to put it for courageous wisdom because you think about how unhelpful it is to have one of those

but not the other like to have wisdom to know what to do but to lack courage to do it. That's

not good or to have courage to have boldness no fear to act but without wisdom. I don't want to

act and be bold and courageous and foolish at the same time. So I want to encourage you to pray

for wise courage in your life and I want to lead us to pray that for each other right now based

on second Samuel chapter 14. God, we pray in each of our lives for wise courage for courageous

wisdom. God, we pray that you would give us wisdom just as you promised in your word. I think about

all the different things going on in my life and in the lives of every single person who's

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