When we reflect on our destructive and addictive lifestyle we begin to recognize the extent of the dumb choices we made. For too long we have lived like fools. It is now time to learn how to live well. Wisdom is God's gift to us, but it is also the result of our effort to search for it and put it into practice.
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 ERV)
What are we to do to gain wisdom? “Listen. Ask. Cry out. Search.” This suggests an attitude of humility in being teachable. We need to have open eyes and ears to learn facts and have open minds and hearts to receive and apply what we learn to our everyday situations. We need God's Spirit to show us how it all fits together. He is the power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity.
We believed for a long time that we had all the solutions and we told others, and God, how things needed to work. To become wise and live well requires that each day, in every situation, we pause and seek God’s input on things we are doing. God promises to guide us if we will persist in our search for His wisdom in all that we do.
Wisdom will help you follow the example of good people and stay on the right path. Honest people will live in the land, and those who do right will remain there. (Proverbs 2:20-21 ERV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I praise You that all the wisdom I need is available to me today. Help me to make every effort to learn Your ways and to put them into practice. Thank You for mentors and friends who have walked this way before me. Help me to humble myself and listen to what You and others have to say so I can grow in wisdom and be more like You. Amen
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