Wisdom for living
“The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” Pro (9:10). Wisdom is essential for living. It is the ability to judge correctly
and follow the best course of action, based on knowledge and understanding.
Wisdom, we understand from scripture, is the exercise of reverence and fear for
the Lord. A wise person hears and heeds the words of God.
He relies on the instruction and knowledge of God in all his way. One who will be wise must patiently meditate and ponder on the laws and commandments of his Maker, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalm (1:2). Always, the things we say and do, reveal whether we be wise or not. For wisdom it is that preserves us from the path of wickedness and darkness. Wisdom demands that we do not, just, what is true and essential, but especially that which the Lord commands and requires of us.
He relies on the instruction and knowledge of God in all his way. One who will be wise must patiently meditate and ponder on the laws and commandments of his Maker, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalm (1:2). Always, the things we say and do, reveal whether we be wise or not. For wisdom it is that preserves us from the path of wickedness and darkness. Wisdom demands that we do not, just, what is true and essential, but especially that which the Lord commands and requires of us.
Wisdom is unveiled in the basic principles of nature. It is
in the rising and setting sun, the gently blowing wind, the roaring seas, the
softly glowing moon, and in the abundance of life, each sustained, retained and
governed by it. Our lives are prolonged not
because we think we know what is right and do it; but because we have come to
know – to find out – through much meditative study, secret instructions built
into creation by the Creator, and follow them dutifully. From nature we appreciate that a seed sown today cannot be harvested
tomorrow. The wisdom import of this is – the purpose and the managing of
time.
By
studying scriptures we get to understand the things that are important in life,
to life and for life. This understanding helps make our purpose clearer to us.
It empowers and strengthens us with the knowledge of what we must now do, how
we must do it, why we should do it, and when we are, to do it. The important things must always be done first, and should always be done
every time. The Bible shows to all, the important things, those things for
which sake we were created. Those things, that we should spend all our assigned
days undertaking. For to do other things in their stead, is to have made a
colossal failure of our lives, and a complete waste of all our rare abilities
and unique talents.
Wisdom
helps us to correctly apply the knowledge we gain from scripture. Wisdom shows
to us the wasteful, vain, empty and evil things in life to avoid, and the proper,
full, rewarding and good things in life to do, and do diligently in the
appointed time.
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