Get Wisdom!

This morning my pastor taught about Getting Wisdom and I realized I’d never posted a blog entry on the subject.  As always, I lean on God for what to write and this is a very important topic that we need to explore.  Proverbs is saturated with wisdom throughout the book, but Chapter 4:1-14 really focuses on what we need to do and the benefits of pursuing wisdom.  

I don’t know about you but I want all my choices to be the right ones to better my life and the ones around me.  To that end, I need to embrace wisdom in everything I do.  I need to embrace wisdom in my family, my finances, my career and my daily life.  She isn’t one of those things you compartmentalize or only apply to certain areas.  She is the principal thing and when she is embraced she will take care of you.  Wisdom provides insight into complex situations and the answers you need, but you have to ask for her.  God will give wisdom freely when we ask Him for her (James 1:5).  

When we don’t seek wisdom and make wise choices, we suffer and we make those around us suffer as well.  Pastor said something this morning that caught me, “the more you heed wisdom, the more you will hear her.”  In Proverbs 1:20-33, the scripture describes how she will react when we consistently don’t take heed to her voice.  It describes how she cries out to us and when we won’t listen and obey, she stops talking to us.  

I know that God has a plan for us that is not our own.  It is bigger and better than anything we can imagine and His Holy Spirit gives us the power to accomplish it.  But, we need wisdom to fulfill His purpose and plan for us, so we are not making decisions on our own – we all know how those turn out.  If we pursue wisdom as the principal or primary thing (Prov. 4:7), we gain understanding and make wise choices.  Wisdom comes from God and God alone, so if we are pursuing her, we have to pursue Him.  Get Wisdom! Get Understanding! (Prov. 4:5)