Notes of Faith August 18, 2024
Go for the Gold: Wisdom
August 17, 2024
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Proverbs 16:16
Recommended Reading: Proverbs 1:1-7
Aristotle said, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Socrates said, “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Tolstoy said, “We can know only that we know nothing, and that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
The world around us isn’t wise and cannot even define the term. Wisdom is a biblical concept that represents the viewpoint of God on every aspect of creation. In other words, wisdom is seeing the world as God does, evaluating every situation as God would, and responding to our circumstances just as if Christ Himself were responding. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
Since the thoughts of God are assembled in His Book, it’s vital to get into your Bible so seriously that it gets into you. The more we study the thoughts of God, the more we’ll internalize them and relate them to life. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds—and that kind of wisdom is worth all the gold on earth!
Wisdom tells us how to live out the truth that we receive and impart it to others for both their eternal benefit and earthly blessing.
Charles Stanley
God is wisdom…since God knows everything, He is all wise. We must seek Him and learn from Him if we want true wisdom. He will lead us into all truth. Truth will set us free. Let us pursue a life filled with love and joy because of our relationship with the Creator and Sustainer of the universe!
Pastor Dale