What is wisdom to you? A fickle concept, elusive maybe waiting for you at that point in the future when you’ve grown into maturity? Who holds the keys to wisdom? Is it something that is learned, earned, shared or something random? Why even care? Isn’t ignorance bliss, and mindfulness akin to peaceful existence? What is the expected market price for wisdom, and shall I pay even if I don’t view the need? What then happens to me after ward? Will I need new friends, new clothes, new vocabulary? How does one even begin the process of finding something so inexplicable? You may find that wisdom has always been a gift given to them who seek her in spirit and in truth.
Proverbs 2 — The recipe for wisdom
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Now that the path to attainment is clear, do you want her or is your rebellious heart forcing you away from the commandments and direction of God? Let’s us be honest. Since we know what God says lay before us the choice between eternal separation from Him and everlasting life. Then we also ought weigh the cost of making that decision with all thought, preparation, prayer and reflection. In the making choices of this magnitude, of which there are none, isn’t wisdom absolutely necessary to proper selection?
Lord, let me make sound decisions, based on all the facts, when available. Lord don’t let me remain paralyzed by my fear or lack of faith. Instead give me wisdom to know when decisions must be made even without the entire picture or evidence. For without faith I know that it is impossible to please God, as your word states. Therefore, if I require to know all, and only make decisions when I know everything and have considered every angle, then I have marooned myself on an island without the possibly of rescue. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of the Lord. So, Lord let me hear your Word, read, spoken, recited, preached, replayed or in the whispers of the mouths of babes. But let me please Father have wisdom to make those decisions that lead me to you for otherwise I will forever be eternally lost. In Jesus’ Name.
