December
1, 2002
“WISDOM”
If I would ask you, “How
many of you would like to be wiser tomorrow than you are today?” all of you
would reply with a resounding, “Yes!”
None of us wants to stumble through life like a blind dog in a room full
of rags. I believe all of us want to be
able to make better and more insightful decisions, especially in family
matters.
We often associate wisdom
with the attainment of education. Many
men who want to excel as wise men in life go after a Ph.D. He earns that Ph.D. Is he now a wise man? Not necessarily. Some highly educated people have been phenomenal failures. Charles Keating, Bertrand Russell, Howard
Hughes, all smart men, but are they wise?
These men can make money, but do they know how to live?
What is wisdom? Wisdom is the virtue that enables a person to face life with all of its maze of confusion, crazy twists and turns, and to make it through. Wisdom is taking whatever knowledge you may have or gain and using it skillfully.
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding for its profit is better than the profit of silver, and its gain than fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; and nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and happy are all who hold her fast. Proverbs 3:13-18
The Apostle James tells us:
But wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17
And he also tells us how to receive wisdom -
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
Let me suggest that this week we all beat a hot path to the Throne of
God and seek wisdom for living this week, and the weeks to come. Next week in our Pen Pulpit we will see
“Where wisdom begins.” God bless.
Love in Christ,