Upside Down
Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life? (Job 12:11-12 The Message)
Finding Wisdom
The world thinks that wisdom comes from experience, age, or brains.
But it does not.
Wisdom comes only from following God (Job 28:28). In fact, true wisdom is not ‘applied human knowledge,’ but rather is knowing God, and following Him. Everything else is foolishness.
Children can be wise, the uneducated can be wise, annoying neighbors can be wise, you can be wise, and I can be wise.
Wisdom is believing that God has the only workable plans, and we therefor choose to follow it.
The world does not like that idea. Because it means that humans need help. It means that humans don’t earn wisdom. It means that humans cannot turn inwardly to find wisdom.
But when we find wisdom that way, it is fantastic!
Because God is wise… and His wisdom makes all the difference in the world.