Acquiring Divine Wisdom for Church Growth – Apostle Mohammed SANOGO

Acquiring divine wisdom for church growth

Failing to learn is the beginning of a downfall. Anyone who stops learning, even when young, is already old! Lord, I refuse to lose the heart of a child—a heart that absorbs, catches, and receives with humility. Give me that heart, a heart that never tires of learning, that always seeks to understand, to grow, to see greater. Humility precedes divine acceleration, and without learning, without the continual pursuit of wisdom, it is impossible to go further in God’s work.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (1 Corinthians 3:6)

The growth comes from God! It is not man who causes growth, not the multiplication of human strategies—it is God and God alone! But then, what is our role for the Church to move from one state to another? How can we allow God to cause His work to grow in our hands?

Growth is a divine act but a human responsibility

The Church does not grow randomly. The Bible shows us that the Holy Spirit assists the Church in its growth (Acts 9:31). There is divine assistance, a supernatural process, but also a responsibility that rests on the shepherds.

The shepherds have become stupid; they have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered. (Jeremiah 10:21)

Not seeking God is condemning the work to stagnation or even dispersion. Too often, we hear excuses: “The ground is hard here… People’s mentality isn’t receptive… You can’t grow a church in this environment…” These are lies from hell! They are false beliefs that choke growth. The church in Jerusalem grew under persecution. What do you believe? As long as you believe that growth is impossible, that’s exactly what you will experience.

God is looking for shepherds who are thirsty! Pastors, leaders who refuse to accept failure, who refuse to settle for stagnation. Growth is tied to divine wisdom.

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. (Proverbs 24:3)

This wisdom comes from the Holy Spirit; it is a spirit we must seek and manifest in order to see true multiplication.

Faithfulness: essential key to growth

Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? (Luke 12:42)

Faithfulness is a divine requirement.

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. (1 Corinthians 4:2)

But what is faithfulness? It’s not just being honest or having integrity. It is consistency in faith. It is believing in small things and honoring them. It is tending to three sheep with the same passion as if there were three thousand. Many cry out for a great work but despise the small beginning. How can you expect God to place you in greater dimensions if you already neglect the souls He has entrusted to you?

Growth begins in the heart of the leader. If a pastor despises the place he is renting, if he speaks bitterly about his current condition, he blocks himself spiritually. A faithful leader is one who believes that God can do great things with what he has—even if it seems insignificant to him.

The wicked servant that Jesus speaks of in Matthew 25:24-27 buried his talent because he looked at his means instead of his master’s power. He despised what he had, and in the end, he was disqualified.

Pastor, leave childishness behind, enter growth

A childish pastor is moody and emotionally unstable. He gets angry quickly, gets offended, makes impulsive decisions. His leadership is fragile, and his church reflects that instability. A church full of quarrels, jealousy, internal power struggles, where people are more attached to men than to Christ is a church that displays immaturity.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11)

A stable church must go beyond the stage of “childhood.” The early church grew because it was led by visionary men who did not let their emotions dictate their decisions. Jesus did not build His Church on complainers or immature people but on men forged in prayer and in wisdom.

The art of feeding the church at the right time

Growth depends on the quality of the seed and the watering. What message is being sown? Many want to see the Church grow but preach with a chaotic order of priorities.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (1 Corinthians 3:6)

A poorly chosen message for the spiritual season of a church hinders growth.

I fed you with milk and not with solid food, for you were not ready for it. (1 Corinthians 3:1-3)

There is a time to lay foundations: Christ crucified, faith in His work, sanctification, brotherly fellowship. These are the fundamental elements. If these foundations are not solid, there is no point in trying to speak about the deep mysteries of the kingdom of God or dive too quickly into complex dimensions.

Let us pray together 🙏

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the work You are establishing in my hands. I refuse to be an immature leader, a childish pastor, a builder without structure. Grant me divine wisdom to organize Your work, to discern the stages of growth, and to build according to Your heart. I renounce human limitations, mediocre reasoning, and religious excuses. I choose to be faithful in the small things, believing that You are the God of multiplication. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen!

🙏 If you have never given your life to Jesus, say this prayer in faith:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe that You died for my sins and that You rose again. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Transform my life and lead me in Your ways. Amen.