Seeking To Walk Wisely

I love the book of Proverbs in the Bible because it is filled with practical ideas and often uses everyday things to help us understand and apply what is being said.

For example:

Listen to wisdom and do your best to understand. Ask for good judgment. Cry out for understanding. Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure. If you do this, you will understand  what it means to respect the Lord, and you will come to know God. The Lord is the source of wisdom; knowledge and understanding  come from his mouth.

Proverbs 2:2-6

It’s good to come to God every day to ask for wisdom – including the heart to search for it and the courage to apply what we are shown. 

Heavenly Father, thank You that all the wisdom we need is available to us today.  Help us to make every effort to learn Your ways and to put them into practice. 

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 

James 1:5

You’ve promised that if we will simply ask you, in your great generosity You will give it to us in abundance.  You won’t ridicule us or shame us for not knowing. 

You’ll never tell us, we should have already figured that out and we’re stupid for not knowing.  You recognize that we need lots of practical wisdom every single day and You offer it to us.

We need that guidance.  We want to have a heart that seeks wisdom.  Help us to have open eyes, ears, and hearts to the lessons we are being given all around us in everyday situations.  Help us to pay attention to Your Holy spirit who is showing us how to fit everything together. 

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.  James 3:17

Your kind of wisdom is pretty practical but it is  tall order to put into practice.  But if you’ll help us, we know we’ll be able to move forward one more step today. Amen

Let’s seek wisdom and then to put it into practice when God shows it to us.