Are you finding wisdom?- In His Word 3-10-2025 (Remix from 2006)
How can we know what to do each day that will help us do the right thing? How can we know what the right thing is to do? Where can we find the answers to these things, what wisdom to follow, or what is wisdom for that matter?
To find the answers to these and many other questions lets look--In His Word!
Where is the wise? Where is the
scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom
of this world? For since, in the wisdom
of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the
foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request
a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the
Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is
stronger than men. 1
Corinthians 1:20-25
However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom
of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained
before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for
had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But as it is written:
"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart
of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 1
Corinthians 2:6-9
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of
speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not
to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with
you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching
were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power, that your faith
should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but
understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in
which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Ephesians 5:15-21
Have you looked around you lately?
The people of this world have gone mad!
They no longer raise their children, they just let them do what they
want. They believe televistion stars
over the Word of God. They just trust
the government as if it were God himself. They don’t even realise the
foolishness they are in. I was there
before I knew the Lord, and even as a young babe in the Lord I had no clue how
to be a parent. But as new parents read books to learn to become wise in
parenting, we too need to learn to be good Christians. We need to be sure we
are behaving as Christ would each day, not just on Sunday.
We need
to walk in wisdom, as we lead others to the Lord. Did you know you were leading
people in your life? You are, because people are watching you, wondering how
you stay standing, or where you get that sunny disposition in the trials you
are living. We need to be sure we are
living a life that will give them a visual of what Jesus is really like. After
all we are Christians, ‘of Christ’ remember? I don’t mean we have to go around
all serious all the time, I believe God has a great sence of humor. What we do need to do is make sure we
are living right though befor Him.
In
reading the scriptures above I recalled the days of people standing on the
street corner with signs reading, “the end is near”. We are told to speak with
grace and seasoned with salt. This means that we are to cause our words to
sound good, to taste better as salt does to meat. So, instead of ‘the end is
near’ people now sing songs with “people get ready’ and the question of “are
you ready?” ring in churches and on the radio. It makes it more exciting!
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the
time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may
know how you ought to answer each one.
Colosians 4:5-6
Salt
brings out the flavor in things, so if we are to speak seasoned with salt then
we are to bring out the flavor of Christ! Notice it does not tell you to make
it taste sugary, sugar coates things and makes them seem good when they are
not. You can sugar coat a sour strawberry and think it is ripe when it is not,
but when the sugar fades its just sour.
We need to be sure we are using the right spice in our speech. When we
speak words that draw out the truth, just as salt draws out the flavor, then
they will desire to hear. Salt can make food mouthwatering. Cause you to want
more, and so should our words cause them to want to hear more!
When
Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemene the Father spoke to us, when he spoke to
Peter, James and John. He told them to “Hear Him”. To listen to Him.
His Word tells us how to speak, how
to listen and what to do with what we learn this day. (James 1:19)
We in turn need to share this with
unbelievers. For how will they know Him, unless we invite them to know
Him? It is sort of like the field of
dreams… if you build it they will come. If you share Him, they will come to
know Him!
That is the first part of wisdom I think, because knowing
God is the wisest thing we can do.
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the
knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
We need
to get ready in our personal lives to be a good example to the people who are
lost out in the world. That means we need to be on our toes! We cannot slack
off and go party with the world one minute then jump back into church as
thought nothing happened. We need to keep things straight between God and us. I
need to keep my life acceptable in His eyes. I know when I am lacking in one
area or another, and so does my God. Jesus is part of my life, He is with me
every moment of every day. He sees my failures, my disobeidient times, my joys
and my tears. He knows when I try to hide something from myself.
He knows the truth, as much and more than I do. Do you know
when you try to hide things from other people, the only one you are really
fooling is yourself? The Word of God says to be sure, our sins will find us
out!
When we
start to think we are pretty wise though, that is when we are foolish. We must
continue in His Word to gain wisdom for life. Each day we must dig into the
Bible and get fed up on His wisdom! I have to say that I fail in this a lot at
times! I let schooling get in the way of my time of reading, or I let getting
my oldest up for school break into my time on my knees. Oh I still pray, its
just short timer prayers.
When my husband was in the Navy
they called people who were about at the end of their time in the Navy, “Short
Timers”.When we pray knowing we only have so much time we tend to pray short
timer prayers. One of those get in do the time and get out prayers. I don’t know about you but I just don’t enjoy
them as much as the times that I spend enjoying being in the presence of my
King! All time dissapears when I focus on Him and not on my time allowance. So
in wisdom I must choose to focus on the
prayers not on the time.
We must
study to grow in Him, we never will know it all. We can read His Words a
million times and still just begin to know what He has us to learn from it! How
awesome to learn something new every morning.
So all
in all what we are trying to learn today is how we can walk in wisdom and help
others to find the Wisdom of God. To sum it up I would say speak with love, for
God is love. Talk to others as you would have them talk to you. Even the world
knows that verse, though they don’t know its scripture! Speak freely about the
things God has done for you from filling your cup with water, to covering your
car from an accident, He is with you daily protecting you and guiding you. Just
look for those things to use to share Him with others. You can find Jesus in
anything, I used to ask kids to suggest something and I would find a way to
share Jesus from that item. Think on that thing this week. How can you share
Jesus with the things around you in your life? Walk in wisdom of God, fill your
mind with His Word and it will become easier to find Jesus in all things! He is
with you wherever you go, so ask Him to show you!
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for today, help us to walk
in Your Word today and share it with others. Help us to find You in everything
today Lord. Show us yourself in all that we do, that we may know just how much
you really are with us each day. In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested Readings for
this week;
Monday : 1 Corinthians 4: 1-21
Tuesday: Acts 10:
1-24
Wednesday: Acts 10: 24-48
Thursday: 1
Corinthians 2:1-16
Friday: 1 Corinthians
3:1-23
Weekend readings: The book of James. Good
Words to live by!
In His love,
Teresa M. Wilson
Copyright © 2006
by Teresa M. Wilson.