How to find wisdom!
How do we find wisdom on this earth?
Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell? It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky. Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
Job 28:20-22 NIV
The only way to truly find wisdom first you need to understand how little we know. We need to become fools ourselves.
The reason why that is its because through the world's wisdom we would never find God!
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:20-21 NIV
But what does it take to find this wisdom what do we need to do?
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
Proverbs 4:5, 7 NIV
It's going to cost all you have that's the cost of wisdom. It's going to cost you humbling yourselves and accepting that we do not know anything and allowing Jesus to teach us everything !
To finish it all off how do we begin with this.Well let's look at one of the wisest persons to ever walked on the planet?
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7
The bible says that to even begin to be wise we first need to fear the lord! What does it mean to fear the lord ?
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
It's the understanding that sin is what put Jesus on the cross! Sin is what separates you from God! Sin is what separated Jesus from God!
Until we understand this we will never truly be wise !
Great lesson--convicting. I am adding the tag #christian-trail to your post. I know this group would also appreciate it.