Tricks of the Trade

Have you ever been trying to do something or figure something out and someone comes along and points out the solution? It’s usually simple and you wonder why you didn’t think of it before. If you know “the tricks of the trade” your life will be a lot better and if you don’t you will be frustrated. I worked for a tile guy once he would “just stick” big marble tiles right on the ceiling. When I first saw this I though that all that weight was going to come crashing down and destroy the tiles and the tub. He told me that people try to do all kinds of crazy things to try and hold up their tiles. Like sheets of plywood propped up on 2x4s or using long sticks and such but it’s ridiculous and unnecessary when you know the “secret” is suction. If you put your thin set on right then it creates suction and holds everything up. Who knew? So I guess in that case saying “this really sucks” is a good thing. And I still remember being slightly amazed and thinking we were going to come back the next day to a huge mess and slightly disappointed when we didn’t.

Tricks of the trade are very valuable and usually learned by working with a master. God is the ultimate Master Craftsman, architect and engineer of life itself. He knows all the “tricks” for good living and everything else. Whenever you acknowledge Him He will teach you and constantly show you better ways to do things. You have the awesome privilege of learning all “the secrets of life” from the Omniscient Creator. You can do all kinds of crazy, ridiculous and unnecessary things and “try” to live the good life and end up frustrated or you can simply learn form the Master and enjoy it! It’s a wonderful thing to fellowship with the Father and amazing to go about having lots of “little revelations.”

Wisdom – the Master Craftsman

Prov 8:22-26
22 "The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
Or the primal dust of the world.
27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He established the clouds above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29 When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
NKJV

Now He’s passing on His wisdom to us. Whohoo! We get to know the tricks of God’s trades!

Matt 13:11
11 He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
NIV

Matt 13:11
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
KJV

Matt 13:11-12
11 He replied, "You've been given insight into God's kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn't been given to them.
MES

Eph 1:17
17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
AMP

1 Cor 2:9-12
9 But as it is written:

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
NKJV

PIE90 Scripture:

Jer 33:2-3
2 "Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it(the Lord is His name): 3 'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
NKJV

Jer 33:2-3
2 Thus says the Lord Who made [the earth], the Lord Who formed it to establish it — the Lord is His name:

3 Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).
AMP

Jer 33:3
3 'Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.'
MES