Wise Up!
By George Stroh
July 13, 2020
For The Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Proverbs 2:6)
The one thing we need to really live the Christian life successfully is wisdom. Not just any wisdom, but God's wisdom; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10)
Godly wisdom is the ability to connect-the-dots; The ability to take biblical knowledge and understanding and then make wise, godly choices; How blessed is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding. For her profit is better than the profit of silver and her gain better than fine gold. (Proverbs 3:13, 14)
It seems like common sense that something as precious as God's wisdom would be in high demand. Unfortunately, common sense is just not very common; How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves is scoffing and fools hate knowledge? (Proverbs 1:22)
Do you want to live successfully, according to God's definition of success? Invest more time in reading, studying and thinking about God's word; Buy truth, and do not sell it, get wisdom and instruction and understanding. (Proverbs 23:23) And if you still have some doubts and questions, you have access to the One who has all knowledge, understanding and wisdom; If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (James 1:5}
Maranatha!
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