Proverbs 4:6
"Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you." (NIV)
A Personal Note:
In the early spring of 2011, one morning as I was about to take a shower, I heard a call, "Wisdom, wisdom," without thinking, I quickly made my best attempt to quote Proverbs 9:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Before I could finish the quote, yet another question was thrown at me, "What is truth?" Again after several words, my thoughts were interrupted with a stern, "No". I remember thinking, ' I am not quite finish explaining my answer.' David said in Psalm 139:4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. Well in my wisdom I was about to say there are two truths. One of the world and the other of God. He then replied, There is only one truth with many levels of understanding. I checked 1 Timothy 2:4 that profess God's desire is for all men to come to a knowledge of the truth. The truth refers to one truth. He later confirmed to me that it was indeed him that spoke those words to me. Romans 1:18 States that men suppress the truth by their wickedness. God's wisdom is His truth.
Wisdom and the pursuit of her has drawn a line among men and has pronounced duality a watchman. A dual between 'Us' and 'Them'. Godly wisdom vs. worldly wisdom. Depending on which side of the fence you stand, you could be herald a wise man or a narrow minded fool.
Proverbs 18:2
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
The world is obsessed with the authorship of men and their worldly wisdom. Like sweet nectar, their words fall from their lips on to naïve minds of unsuspecting recipients. Many of these so call giants of men are ushering self glorification both in and out of the church. If they are not driven by pride, then by human logic due to a lack of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. They have benched the Holy Spirit because he often get in the way of human agenda.
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
The world is obsessed with the authorship of men and their worldly wisdom. Like sweet nectar, their words fall from their lips on to naïve minds of unsuspecting recipients. Many of these so call giants of men are ushering self glorification both in and out of the church. If they are not driven by pride, then by human logic due to a lack of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. They have benched the Holy Spirit because he often get in the way of human agenda.
Why is it so important to gain Godly wisdom? surely it is not something to be displayed on a mantle. No, it is meant to guide us in our thoughts and in our ways. Man's wisdom places him at the center of the universe while Godly wisdom elevates God above man leaving him in AWE of the creator and his works. Whenever we exercise Godly wisdom it leads us into eternity with the father, when we do not, we are following the counsel of darkness that leads to eternal separation from Christ.
If we want to harness the wisdom of God then the attitude of our hearts must be the same as Job when he said Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I" have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread." As Christian, we know that the wisdom of God over 2000 years ago became flesh and walked on the face of this earth. His name is Lord Jesus the only true Christ. Proverbs 2:6
If we want to harness the wisdom of God then the attitude of our hearts must be the same as Job when he said Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I" have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread." As Christian, we know that the wisdom of God over 2000 years ago became flesh and walked on the face of this earth. His name is Lord Jesus the only true Christ. Proverbs 2:6
"For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, Christ who is the wisdom for us from God becomes our righteousness, our holiness and our redemption. Not even our self-righteousness can produce this in us. 1 Corinthians 1:30 "It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption." (NIV)
"Benjamin Franklin remarked that the beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of your own ignorance." However far be it for man to accept his own ignorance. Many people will not and cannot separate from their own soap boxes. Humanity needs the knowledge of God to grasp a sober judgment of oneself.
Have you checked out the suicide rate amongst the educated? Education and wit can no more save us from damnation than a child's baby blanket from a tornado. According to the scriptures only hope in God's promises can ground the soul of men Hebrews 6:19 "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
I recently had the pleasure of spending time with someone who has become a dear friend; a woman in the faith. She is considered to be intelligent and sharp according the the world's standards. She spend some time trying to explain how challenging it was for her to set aside her intellect for the wisdom that is found in Christ Jesus. She exclaimed " I feel out of sort, its really hard for me to explain this feeling, but I don't feel like myself. I normally know how to respond to challenges in my life. I'm use to having the answers; now I find myself second guessing because now I need to know what God requires of me." I retorted, "That's because our thoughts are not his thoughts neither are our ways his ways." Isaiah 55:8. Again the bible states that there is a way that seems right to a man but it only leads to death (proverbs 4:12).
There is a prevailing absolute wisdom that comes from the Almighty God? According to our maker, contrary to Benjamin Franklin's statement, we will never find true wisdom by merely identifying our ignorance, we must first learn to fear our maker proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
I recently had the pleasure of spending time with someone who has become a dear friend; a woman in the faith. She is considered to be intelligent and sharp according the the world's standards. She spend some time trying to explain how challenging it was for her to set aside her intellect for the wisdom that is found in Christ Jesus. She exclaimed " I feel out of sort, its really hard for me to explain this feeling, but I don't feel like myself. I normally know how to respond to challenges in my life. I'm use to having the answers; now I find myself second guessing because now I need to know what God requires of me." I retorted, "That's because our thoughts are not his thoughts neither are our ways his ways." Isaiah 55:8. Again the bible states that there is a way that seems right to a man but it only leads to death (proverbs 4:12).
There is a prevailing absolute wisdom that comes from the Almighty God? According to our maker, contrary to Benjamin Franklin's statement, we will never find true wisdom by merely identifying our ignorance, we must first learn to fear our maker proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
You must be willing to step outside of your mind, your church affairs, and the doctrines of the world and allow the word of God and His Spirit to guide you in the Lord's truth.
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