I want to give attention today to the word wisdom. Not just any kind of wisdom, but the wisdom that will bring results now, tomorrow and in the future. Every culture has adopted some way of life. This way of life was learned either from their family, jobs, or education. In many places, the culture we grow up in is where most people get their wisdom.
I grew up in a small town. I remember my town and the people as a hard working generation who grew agriculture and also built their own homes. Work was the place where all the food supply was found. I grew up with some kind of common sense. Did I always apply it? No. A good influence in my life was my mother and others with the same common sense of respect for who they were and what they did in their lives.
What is driving different types of people to do what they do? I believe that it is wisdom they adopted along the way. Some of this wisdom promotes good outcomes and others promote bad outcomes.
What we all need is wisdom from God. God’s wisdom is what the book of Proverbs is all about. Proverbs was given to us for the greater good. God wants His children to do good and to be someone with good character. This in essence is what the book of Proverbs offers. If we read it, accept it, and take that advice and apply it, we end up with lots of wisdom.
The definition of God’s wisdom is the skill of good living. The result of God’s wisdom will teach a person to live responsibly and productively and in a prosperous outcome. Proverbs offers the practical side to gain wisdom from God. It will help us to clearly define how the world should work towards our benefit. Todays issues of life involves making good moral choice and decisions that can affect our future positively, avoiding evil, and promoting good.
Proverbs discusses many activities that we should stay a way from. Here are just a few:
- Sexual temptations: Proverbs 5:15-20
- Foolishness: Proverbs 12:15-16
- Gaining by false pretenses: Proverbs 10:2
- Excessive drinking: Proverbs 31:4
- Wrong ambitions mixed with pride: Proverbs 16:1-9
Proverbs also teaches us what we should do. The benefits of applying wisdom to our lives:
- Knowledge: Proverbs 1:7
- Trust: Proverbs 3:5-6
- Good counsel: Proverbs 11:14
- Brotherly love: Proverbs 18:24
- Righteous upbringing: Proverbs 22:6
- A good mate: Proverbs 31:10
The book of Proverbs urges us to pay full attention to moral values. It’s a textbook for life and it stresses the need of counsel for every person and doing what honors God. Also it offers many helpful principles for making man into what God intended him to be from birth to death. Just remember, God’s wisdom prepares man with a path of success filled with good choices that offers wisdom for life and a better you.
Is it possible to obtain wisdom? Absolutely. Apply God’s wisdom today!
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