August 15, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

What’s Your Wisdom?

I am working on completing my book on The Proverbs (you know, the book that follows Psalms in the Bible). There have been many ups and downs in getting to the final chapter, but most of the time, I have allowed other things to get into the way of writing. Why God chose me to write this book I do not know neither will I ask.

Well, I am all most there. It has been a challenging and an inspirational journey. I have learned things that one cannot learn without God or find in scholarly books and commentaries about Proverbs. This work is God initiated and birthed solely by the Holy Spirit. In fact, it is about the Holy Spirit. I am amazed how wisdom has been in front of us for centuries, and yet, might as well been in another galaxy because of our lack of humility and our confidence in our pride, which drives wisdom (or should I say the Holy Spirit) away from us. Let me give you a peek into what I have learned what wisdom is not and its importance.

God’s wisdom is not:

A list of ‘life rules’ to live by

To be learned or defined by a set of instructional methods or guidelines

Found in merely an answer or creative thinking

It has never been “do this and success will follow you”

A list of dos and don’ts

Laws or a series of steps to attaining personal independence or monetary gain

Clever sayings or quick fixes; neither is it witty sayings or historical wordage

Wisdom can, of course, do these things but so can gifts of knowledge, discernment, prophecy, and government. Wisdom is so important that God designated a book to describe wisdom, The Proverbs. There are over 300 verses containing the word, wisdom, and over 1000 words related to wisdom in the Bible. Out of the Nine Gifts of the Spirit, wisdom is one of them. The Book of James says, that without wisdom, you cannot serve God. Wisdom is so central to the will of God; it is wisdom that defines the will of God for us and in us. Wisdom divides the arrogant from the ‘poor in spirit’, identifies evil for us, and brings us peace and comfort!

God is saying, “It is time to challenge how we define, understand, and respond to wisdom (The Holy Spirit), who He is and how He works in the lives of God’s people.” For me, I say, “Give me wisdom or give me hopelessness.”

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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