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Monday, July 3, 2017

The Treasure of Wisdom



  Wisdom is a precious commodity. One definition of wisdom describes it as; Knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action. In other words, living your life out in truth. God is the source of all true wisdom and He graciously gives it to us for the asking.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
 James 1:5

  We need wisdom if we are to walk in the ways God calls us to walk. Wisdom protects us from walking down the wrong path, from being lured astray by those who are foolish.

When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil. Proverbs 2:10-12

  God imparts His wisdom through His word, through His Holy Spirit, and through other believers. I heard two examples of wisdom this past week that have stuck with me. One was from a pastor whose name I didn’t catch, but he said, “We are never more like God than when we forgive.” Friends, that is a high calling of wisdom that we need to live our lives by. Think of how differently our lives would be if we loved and forgave others like God? If we lived in the wisdom of forgiveness?

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and happy are all who retain her.
 Proverbs 3:13,17,18

The other pearl of wisdom I heard was from Joni Eareckson Tada. She said, “ God tests our faith, not so that He might know what’s in our heart, but that we might know.” I found that interesting. God already knows what’s in our hearts, but sometimes; whether good or bad, we don’t.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
 James 3:17

This James 3:17 kind of wisdom is wisdom we should all hope to find in our hearts. But, if we are not finding this wisdom when we are tested, we should certainly be asking for it!

  Like I said, wisdom is a precious commodity. Let us seek to gain a heart of wisdom from the One who holds the treasure.
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
Romans 11:33



Dina Pugh

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