"Wisdom Wanted"

Wisdom is seen in one's behavior (or the lack thereof)! Self-seeking and jealousy reveal the lack of wisdom (Jam. 3:13-16). I was reading in an article that in America we spent over 35 billion dollars on products to stay young this last year. 35 billion dollars! Advertisements bombard our airwaves about youth, staying fit and trim, reducing wrinkles and pills you can take to help. Money making schemes, books about self-esteem and pills for every problem. Surgery to look younger, to become more enhanced is taking our children and parents completely captive. Our society instructs that our lives will become better with all this yet lives continue to deteriorate and this nation is becoming worse. Oh, and let's not forget, throw a little God in there and you have a complete life!!! What's wrong with all this? It is all focused on self and self-image. When was the last time you heard someone speak about the wisdom from God?

Seldom do parents speak or even think in terms of wisdom from God. Our children aren't being trained in wisdom. Parenting, godly parenting must be based on wisdom from God, not the world. Our children need wisdom, not follow their senses! The wisdom from above (Jam. 3:17-18) is the answers needed for our lives to live properly and train our children. God's holy word is wisdom from God to man, yet it is being basically ignored. People accept God's word as long as it doesn't interfere with their own thoughts and beliefs!

The church at Colossae was instructed to conduct themselves with wisdom toward outsiders (Col. 4:5). Paul prayed for the church at Ephesus to be given wisdom from God to gain understanding (Eph. 1:17). Paul warned the Corinthians about fleshly wisdom from the world (II Cor. 1:12).

Wisdom from God affects  your behavior, your thinking and gives one clear direction in difficult situations. Marriages fail because of the lack of God's wisdom. Children are being trained to follow their selfish desires without any thought to the destructive patterns. Parents cannot distinguish the difference between godly wisdom and wisdom of the world.

It's time we start speaking of God's wisdom, seeking God's wisdom and understanding. We need to be raising our children in His wisdom. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." (Prov. 9:10)