Wisdom

The word "wisdom" has many definitions. One of them is the ability to use or apply knowledge to life. The key in this definition is in the knowledge part. Not only does God know how to use knowledge correctly (which few of us do, my self excluded), He has an infinite amount of it. His wisdom, therefore, is immeasurably greater than any amount of wisdom a man could ever attain.

Wisdom comes only from God, all wisdom is from God, and no wisdom comes from anywhere outside of God. God gives wisdom to those who ask, but it still belongs and originated from God. Likewise, God also gives wisdom to the world and the lost, as part of his common grace. The wisdom that a Christian can obtain comes from a close an intimate relationship with God. It starts with humility and the reverential fear of God, and it is all about trusting God and His judgment.

When we fully understand that God knows what He is talking about and decide to obey Him, then we would have achieve some marginal level of wisdom. It is then that we can start trusting Him more, knowing that He will not lead us astray.

Loving Him is not enough to trust Him. I love my fifteen month old child, but I would not trust him with my finances because he is not capable in that area. We must believe and understand that God is fully capable to handle all of the different circumstances that may arise in our lives.

Once we truly believe that He is capable and He loves us enough to get involved in our lives in a proactive way, we will start to feel that sense of peace that surpasses all understanding. That peace that comes from really knowing that everything will work out fine in the end.

As a final thought, I wanted to leave you with this question:

Why is it so hard to trust God on our everyday lives?

I would love to hear your answer.