In gaining wisdom I often look to the streets to find it, this is an unusual place to go when there are so many false teachings out there. When I refer to the streets I mean the roads I travel everyday, the people I interface with, the conversations I get into and the things I watch. Often enough I make decisions in my life according to the judgements I determined by the things listed above and they have put me in some compromising positions in my life.
The choices I make to stay angry when forgiveness should be at hand, the desire to get my way when I need to lay down my life, the craving to stop helping someone who has little understanding in the lessons of life when others didn't give up on me. These choices help me see that I lack wisdom. Reading the Proverbs this morning helped me see that there are areas of my life where I need to embrace and FIND wisdom.
Wisdom is found when you look for it, Wisdom resides with God and he will give it to me when I seek him out.
Lord help me grow in my wisdom, help me to seek your council, grant me grace when i look to people for answers and not your will. Lord mold me into what you want not what I want.
~Talk to me~
Crazy...or just the HS!!....I've been reading in Ephesians these last couple days. It struck me in Chp 1:17 that Paul was asking God to give the Ephesians the Spirit of wisdom and revelation....why???? So that they may know him better!
ReplyDeleteSo it makes sense that when we seek wisdom from God, it brings us closer to him and makes us wiser. We get wiser because we are closer to God. Seems like a good circle to me :)
Today I've been camping in the 3:14-21 area. "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being...."
May you and your family continue to be strengthened by God!! Love you guys!
CT