Joseph Prince - Watch This If You're Carrying More Than You Can Handle (01/27/2026)
Happy is the man who finds wisdom and gains understanding—her proceeds better than silver/gold, more precious than rubies. Wisdom prioritizes length of days/health in her right hand, then riches/honor in left; her ways pleasantness, paths peace/shalom. Meditate day/night on God's Word for hazon vision, good success/sakal (putting truths together), profiting visible to all, and Spirit of wisdom/revelation enlightening heart-eyes for abundant life.
Wisdom's Blessings – Better Than Riches
The Bible says, Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that gets understanding. Amen. Here it says very clearly that the man that finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding, the proceeds of wisdom are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies. This wisdom is more precious than rubies. And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand. Now, look at this. Length of days is in wisdom's right hand. And wisdom here is personified as a woman. You embrace her. Another place in Proverbs, it says you embrace her, and you get her two hands embracing you. Amen.
And length of days is in the right hand. Right hand is the hand of priority. Notice that God prioritizes length of days. Health. Amen. How many would say that health is a priority? Amen. In life. What's the point of having riches? What's the point of having, you know, fame and fortune if your body is right with disease? Right? So God prioritized that. Length of days, which includes health, of course, to have length of days, is in her right hand. And in her left hand, riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
So once again, wisdom gives us these five things. Amen. These five blessings that come from wisdom. Number one, length of days. Number two, riches. Number three, honor. Now, how many would say that these are the three things that you will look for? Above everything else, you want health. Amen. Long life. You want riches. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. Number four, it gives you a pleasant life, a life of pleasantness. Now, people have this idea that the Christian life is a life that's hard. Amen. No, my Bible says the way of the transgressors is hard. Amen. Jesus said it like this, take my yoke upon you. He says, first, come unto me, give me your burdens, and take my yoke upon you. Amen. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. So give me your heavy burdens, and I'll give you my burden, which is light. Amen. Give me your yoke of bondage, and take my yoke upon you, and my yoke is easy. Amen. Easy and light. Burden. Yoke is easy, burden is light. That's the Christian life. Amen. You are to live that life. That doesn't mean that you don't have hardship outside. You won't face troubles in your life. But there'll be a lightness. There'll be a joy. There'll be a peace. Amen. There'll be a flow in your life. Hallelujah.
Jesus says, I come that you might have life and have it more abundantly. Amen. Praise the Lord. And the fifth blessing of wisdom is all her paths are peace. Peace. Shalom. Peace. Well-being. Peace in your mind. Peace in your relationships. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. And the greatest peace of all is peace with God. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God. We have it. Not trying to get it. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation – Eyes of Heart Enlightened
Ephesians 1, it tells us to pray to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may give to us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Notice it's called the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the greatest This knowledge of all. And how does this spirit of wisdom operate? The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. One translation says, the eyes of your heart being enlightened. So, eyes of our heart. Notice our heart have eyes. We see on the inside. That's the hazon vision that I'm talking about, that God wants us to walk in this year. To walk in revelation knowledge. To walk in that hazon vision.
In fact, in those days of Eli and young prophet Samuel, the Bible says there was no open vision. In one translation, I think it's like New King James, it says there was no widespread revelation. So, revelation. The eyes of your heart being opened. Remember Adam and Eve? Their eyes, God made them complete. Except for one thing. God gave them the choice to open their spiritual eyes, the eyes of their heart, either by the tree of knowledge of good and evil, or by the tree of life. And today, men are trying to open the eyes of their spiritual eyes to the demonic world, to the occult, to new age practices and all that. But God wants your eyes, child of God, to be opened by His Holy Spirit of wisdom and revelation.
Notice it's called the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. And the way He operates in your life, He causes the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. And the Greek word here is photizo. Amen? The eyes of your understanding being enlightened, photizo, that you may know. Once your eyes open, you know. You know what God wants you to know. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
Meditate Day and Night – For Prosperity and Success
Do you remember Joshua? In Joshua 1 verse 8, God says, This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, God said to him. But thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. The Bible says that Joshua, at this point, Moses has just died. And before Moses died, Moses laid his hands on Joshua. And Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom. For Moses had laid his hands on him. Remember Moses laid his hands on Joshua? And now, when Moses is dead, the Bible says Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom. Amen? For Moses laid his hands on him. And that was the closing chapters of Deuteronomy, when that was mentioned. The very next book is this chapter 1 of Joshua.
So we see that even though Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom, he did not neglect the Bible. He did not neglect the Word of God. Amen? He opened it when God spoke to him and said, this book of the law, obviously he was reading it then, shall not depart from your mouth, Joshua, but you shall meditate therein day and night. Notice day and night, that you may observe to do according. Now watch that. May observe to do. That you may observe to do. God could have said, you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may do all that is written therein. No need to say observe to do, right? But God says here that you may observe, in Hebrew, shamar, observe, watch, see, watch. Amen? To do. In other words, when you meditate on God's Word, take a passage of Scripture or take a verse and you meditate on it, sooner or later, you will see how to apply it. Amen? Then you shall make your way prosperous. Then you shall have good success.
Notice, you meditate on God's Word. Actually, meditation here is the word hagah in Hebrew, which is muttering with your mouth. I mean, the first line tells you that this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth. Amen? Amen? Not just from your mind. We think of meditation only from in the area of the mind, but your mouth. Amen? Biblical meditation is not shutting your mouth and just being in your mind. Amen? Or blanking your mind out. Alright? It is actually filling your mouth with God's Word and thinking about what you are muttering. Hagah means muttering. Amen?
In the New Testament, in 1 Timothy 4, it says here in verse 15, Meditate upon these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. The word meditate here is the word meletao. Obviously, this is the New Testament and it's in Greek. But the reason I'm showing both verses from the Old and New is to show you that this verse here is actually Hebrew. In the Hebrew, it will be hagah, to mutter upon these things. And what things are this? The context tells you is the Word of God. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. The Word of God. Listen to preaching. Listen to teaching. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which is the gift of teaching for Timothy. Paul was telling him. It was given to him when the elders laid hands on him. And by prophecy. Meditate upon these things, God's Word. Give yourself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all.
Notice that every time God's Word... Church, listen. I find that every time God's Word talks about meditation, there's always a benefit. There's always a blessing. And in Joshua 1:8, it says what? The blessing. For then you shall make your way prosperous. You will make your way prosperous. When you meditate on God's Word day and night, you will make your way prosperous and you shall have good success. Well, what about Psalms 1? It says in Psalms 1, but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law, he meditates day and night. Amen. When you find the word, the law of the Lord, it's not specifically referring to just the Ten Commandments. Amen. Amen. The is the definite article. The law of the Lord refers to the entire, in this context here, the five books of Moses, the law of the Lord. Amen. The instruction, the Word of God. Amen. So you meditate on the Word of God and your delight is in the Word of God and you hagah on it day and night. What's going to happen? It shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. Remember, if one river is running low, there are rivers, my friend, rivers of water. How refreshing. How verdant. Amen. How luscious this tree is. That brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither. And here it says, whatever he does shall prosper. Just like Joshua 1.8. Amen. You shall make your way prosperous and you shall have good success.
And here it says, when you meditate on God's Word, whatever you do, prospers. It doesn't matter what your occupation is. Whether you're a doctor, a teacher, a homemaker. Amen. Just whatever you do, prospers. Hallelujah. The word good success is the word sakal. The word sakal. Keep that in mind, okay? The word sakal. Alright, the reason why I want you to see Timothy. Here it says, meditate upon these things. We know that this word here is meditate because some other versions change the word meditate to take pains. Take pains with these things. Give diligence to these things. But actually, the King James and the New King James is accurate. Amen. It says, meletao, which is meditate. Because we saw just now, this same word appears in the Septuagint for Joshua 1.8, where it says, hagah day and night. Meditate on it day and night. The word meletao. Amen.
So you meditate on it. And notice again, like I said just now, there's always some profit. There's always something prosperous, something successful that results from it. Here it says, that thy profiting, that thy profiting may appear to all. That means what? It is visual. It is palpable. It is something that everyone can see. Amen. And they saw that the Lord was with Joseph. Amen. Pharaoh saw, or rather, Potiphar who saw it first, that saw that the Lord was with Joseph, and whatever he did, God made it to prosper. So think, who is Potiphar? He's not a godly man. Amen. The world, your boss. Amen. Your colleagues, the people of the world, will see the Lord is with you. Amen. They might be able to define it. Amen. But they'll see the Lord is with you, and that whatever you do, the Lord makes it to prosper. Amen. It's always tied up with meditation. It is tied up with meditation. Amen.
And it goes on to say, verse 16, take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine. Now, Paul, by the Spirit of God, is telling Timothy, meditate on God's Word, give yourself wholly to it, that your profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the teaching. Now, listen, he says, pay attention to yourself, and to the teaching. Continue in them, continue in the teaching, of God's Word. For in doing this, you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you. The word save here is not saved from eternal damnation. It's not saved from hell. It's not saved from, you know, death. Right? As we know it. It's not salvation being saved there. Although the word save here, sozo, also means salvation. Amen. As when we are born again. Obviously, he's talking to a believer. So what does it mean when he says, continue in God's Word. Continue to teach God's Word. Because by doing that, you will save yourself, and you will save those that hear you.
Christ is made unto you wisdom. Amen. And the way it manifests is, pray to God. Amen. Ask God for the spirit of wisdom and revelation, the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. We need to see, observe, meditate on God's Word. And the other way that God has just shown us here is to meditate on His Word. Take a verse of Scripture. It might not be pertaining to your believing God for health or healing, you are believing God for a breakthrough in your addictions. Amen. You are believing God to restore your marriage. Whatever it is, take a verse of Scripture. It can be a verse of Scripture like what we read just now, Psalms 1, verse 3. It shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season. Can you see it? Can you see it? Has this portion of God's Word given you His own vision? Can you see yourself like a tree planted, evergreen, ever healthy, ever strong, forever young? Amen. Whatever you do prospers. Amen. Can you see yourself in that way? Amen.
If you can, if you have eyes to see, that is the hazon vision, my friend. That's the purest kind of hazon vision because it came from God's Word. And God's Word is full of hazon visions. And you know, I feel like, like this is a storehouse. It's a storehouse. God wants you to, to break it open, break the shell, unfolding of His words, the opening of His words, give you light. Amen. Gives you wisdom. Gives you length of days. Hallelujah. When the wisdom comes. And give you riches, honour, pleasure, and peace. Hallelujah. Amen.
You know, sometimes I feel like David in Psalms 119, 162, where he says, I rejoice at your Word as one that finds great spoil. You know, in those days, they were going to battle and their reward will be the spoils of war, where they get the sheep, the cattle, the gold, the silver, the weapons. You know, I rejoice at your Word, David says, as one that finds great spoil. Do you feel the same way? Happy is the man that finds wisdom. Amen. Her merchandise is better than silver and the gain thereof than gold. Hallelujah. Friend, you are now walking in the hazon vision of God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
And notice also that it says, the entrance of your Word gives light, but it also says, it gives understanding unto the simple. It gives understanding to the simple. And the word understanding here is bin. Bin. Right? Bin. Remember just now, happy is the man that finds wisdom. Alright? The word there is hokmah. This is the noun of the word hakam. Now, all these things may not mean much to you now, but it will all come back. Okay? Because God wants to teach you, church, listen, God wants to teach you the different rivers of wisdom He wants to release in your life. Like today, we will say things like wisdom, but then there's also discernment. Amen? There is astuteness. There is a certain knowledge. Amen? All these words in English are different words, but they all bring you to the same result, a successful outcome. Amen?
So there's a word called hokmah, which is also the word hakam in the verb form. Tabunah, happy is the man who gains understanding. Tabunah is from bin. Now go back to it gives understanding, it gives bin to the simple. Why am I giving you this? Hakam, alright, hokmah is the noun of hakam and bin. Why? Because, do you remember Joseph when he was translating, interpreting the dream of Pharaoh? And Pharaoh had a dream and he interpreted the dream to Pharaoh? And this is what Joseph said to Pharaoh at the end of his interpretation. He says to Pharaoh, he said, and the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God and God will shortly bring it to pass. Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. You know, Joseph is very smart. He didn't recommend himself. He just says, you know, Pharaoh, and now that we see what's going to happen for the next fourteen years and the seven years and all that, pick a man who is wise and discerning. Discerning and wise. Amen? A discerning and wise man. And the word discerning is the word bin. And the word bin is actually the word for discernment. Joseph said, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, set him over the land.
Now, what wise here is the word hakam, where the noun is hokmah. Happy is the man that finds hokmah and bin. Right? Hokmah and tabunah, which is the noun of these words. These are the two exact words. Amen? That's mentioned that happy is the man that finds them. And Joseph recommended such a man. So the Bible says, you drop down, look at Pharaoh's response. And Pharaoh said to his servants, can we find such a one as this? A man in whom is the Spirit of God. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. There is no one as discerning and no one as bin and hakam as you. Amen? I'm here to tell you, friend, the world, the world puts a premium on discernment and wisdom. Though they may not express it in those words, but they value it.
Sakal – Good Success Through Meditation
Let's go back to the word sakal again. Here it says, you shall make your way prosperous and you will have good success. Remember, Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man. As a boy, He grew up. He increased in wisdom. By the way, the word increase is the same word used in thy profiting may appear to all. Same word. Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man. The very first area Jesus increased as a boy was in wisdom. Amen. He must have meditated on God's Word. In fact, I have scripture to show you that Jesus as a boy meditated on God's Word. It's taken from the Messianic Psalm, Psalms 119. Here it says, verse 99, I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. Jesus as a boy has more understanding than all His teachers. In fact, it's for you and me as well. You can have more understanding than all your teachers, not more knowledge. In fact, many a times they have more knowledge, but God gives you understanding, more understanding than your teachers. It's one thing to have knowledge. It's another thing to have understanding.
By the way, the word understanding here is the word bin. You shall make your way prosperous and you shall have good success. Good success is one Hebrew word, sakal. In other words, it is putting two and two together, amen, resulting in a successful, prosperous outcome. Good success. Amen. That's the word sakal. It's not enough just to hear. Amen. You need to meditate. And that's where sakal comes in. That's where sunesis comes in. You're able to put, oh, I see it. I see it now. I know how to apply this in my life. Yeah, I see it now. I see it now. I cannot make you see it. Amen. You can hear what I'm teaching, but you need to meditate. Ask God for the spirit of wisdom and revelation. Amen. And meditate on verses that speak to you. Will you do that? The Bible is full of His own vision, treasures that God wants to bring into your life for you to meditate on, for you to fill the eyes of your heart with. Amen. And all of a sudden, one day you'll wake up and you'll find, where's that fear? Where is that fear? And the Bible says you will find his place no more. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Thank you, Jesus.
I pray this to encourage you to meditate on God's Word. Amen. Find a simple verse of Scripture. Amen. A verse that speaks to you. Maybe it's one of the verses that I shared with you just now. Maybe it's a verse, the entrance of your Word gives light. Meditate on it. Meditate on it. And you do not know that you are fast becoming a discerning and wise man or woman. But you can see it, but others will see it. And your profiting will appear to all. You will make your way prosperous and you will have good success.