Good Morning All!!
Job 28:28; “And he said to
man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil
is understanding.’”
Do you remember the TV show
Kung Fu with David Carradine? He plays a
½ American ½ Chinese man who comes to America from China to find his
half-brother and avoid arrest in China.
The thing I remember about this show was the slow motion fighting and
all the flashbacks that David Carradine’s character had. They were always showing him as a young boy
being trained in martial arts by his master.
They seemed to focus on the times when he needed to make a
decision. He focuses on the wisdom
imparted on him by his beloved teacher who always called him
“Grasshopper”.
A lot of people focus on wisdom and
attaining it. When a politician displays
wisdom we call them statesmen; they display a quality that places the country
over their own personal politics or agenda.
We often call people who have a lot of experience wise and will seek
them out perhaps even as a mentor as we explore our new job. Most of us express that there is a difference
between knowledge and wisdom and would rather have someone wise making the
decisions. Wisdom seems to imply
anticipating outcomes rather than just a knowledgeable decision. When surveyed, most voters want to elect
someone who is wise in their decision making.
What about you, are you wise? Scriptures tells us that the fear of the Lord
is wisdom. Wisdom is knowing what God
desires of us. We know this by what God
has revealed to us; basically the Ten Commandments. Wisdom comes from studying God’s Word and
searching it for wisdom and guidance.
Wisdom leads us to see that God’s Word leads us to live in a harmonious
and orderly fashion. When we oppose God
and his will, we find our lives out of sync, often times disrupted, filled with
discontent, pain and sorrow. Wisdom
shows us that there are two directions in life; one is God’s way which gives us
life and one is the way of destruction.
Thus the Bible defines understanding as
turning from evil. We see just knowledge
falls short. Understanding requires
action; understanding is turning from evil and thus turning toward God. This choice is made possible for us by Jesus
whom we see as Wisdom incarnate. We see
Jesus as healing us so that we can choose life and we can choose to live by
God’s will. So search God’s Word, learn
his wisdom and live accordingly. You
will find a life of contentment in his peace.
Gracious Father, give me
your wisdom. Teach me your ways that I
may know your wisdom and will. Lead me
to live the life that you desire me to live.
Lead me to walk humbly before you that your will is done. Lead me to live the life that you desire that
others will know your mercy through me.
In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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