wisdom

At every stage of life we need wisdom.  We need direction and clarity of how we are to proceed.  Proverbs 2:6 reminds us that “the Lord gives wisdom…” And I can hear you on the other side of the screen.  You are sighing and saying, “yes, yes, I know wisdom comes from the Lord, but how do I GET it??”  Good question.   Read the rest of the verse: “…from His mouth come knowledge and understanding…”  And you know what came out of His mouth?  The Bible.   Remember back on 2 June when we spoke about how to maintain our sanctification – we talked about immersing ourselves in the truth of the Bible.   Well that my friend is exactly how you also learn the wisdom of God.  He graciously has given His wisdom to us, right in our hands, and what we need to do is read it and immerse ourselves in it.  Well, you say, I’ve read the Bible and I don’t remember an answer to my particular need right now.  Let me challenge you.  Go back to the Bible and re-read it.  As my Dad often said, read it like you have never read it before.  What that means is that you don’t read it with assumptions of what you think it will say, read it as if you have no idea what it will say.  When you begin to do this, and do this on the daily, God’s wisdom will come straight out of His mouth and into your heart.  You will begin to understand how the truths and wisdom of God are to be applied to your particular life situation.  But let me give you one more suggestion.  Don’t do this alone.  Grab a Christian friend, seek out a mentor, talk to your pastor and ask them to also help you study the scripture.  When we study with the Christian family God has given us we learn so much more – two brains and hearts are indeed better than one.