Wisdom

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     James 1:5-6 says, “ If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.”

     Tomorrow is going to be “April Fool’s Day” and I usually make some comment about what a fool thinks about God but decided to go the opposite way this year and make mention of wisdom versus the folly of the fool.  It is not hard to find plenty of examples of people who act in a foolish way and as my mother used to say of some people, “They don’t have enough sense to get in out of the rain.”  Now, my Father used to say, “It is better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”

     Wisdom is an elusive characteristic  that we often strive for but is difficult to find.  The word “wisdom” occurs some 234 times in the Bible with over 50 times in the Book of Proverbs. We often refer to the three Wise Men of the Christmas story as seen in Matthew 2 and then make the statement, “Wise men still seek after God.”  Then we read that no man actually is seeking after God but that it is in the reverse, as God is seeking us with salvation.  Afterwards, we come across the above statement that if we lack wisdom and truly want it, we need to ask God for it as wisdom only comes from Him.  A good example of a man getting wisdom from God is found in the account of the life of King Solomon.  Solomon was considered to be the wisest man in the world and it was due to his asking God that He might have wisdom to rule he people of Israel.  We might ask the question, “How will God give me wisdom?”  “Will I just wake up one day and be wise?”  As we usually find, the answer is in the Word of God.  We read it and observe all that there is in a passage and then find out what it means and then find out how it is going to be important in our own lives.  Carrying a Bible or having one present on  your desk or table will not be sufficient.  It will depend on getting the word of God into your life every waking moment that you have.  Is God he most important  part of our life?  Are we thirsting for the things of God more than the things of the world?  How do we place the things in our lives in relation to God Himself?    In order to answer these questions, we have to have God’s input into our lives.  It has to be in every moment and not just five minutes or even fifteen minutes a day.    I am aware of so many people who have the songs of he world in their lives.  They can sing “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” but can’t sing of the “Old Rugged Cross.”   Praise God today that He is the True Source of wisdom for this life.