Our Scripture for today is Proverbs 3:13-14.
“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who acquires understanding,
for she is more profitable than silver,
and her gain is better than fine gold.
Often people confuse two terms: knowledge and wisdom. Knowing means you know something. Wisdom means you know the right thing to do. There can be wise factory workers and foolish doctors. I love wise people.
In 50 years of working in churches, I have heard countless prayers. I’m sure I have heard prayers for wisdom, but they are rare. Publicly, Christians are more apt to pray for patience than for wisdom. At least that has been my observation.
That is strange because the Bible tells us that patience comes from enduring hardship. (James 1: verse 3). However, it teaches that we should pray for wisdom (James 1: verse 5). Wisdom also comes from Bible study. (Proverbs 2: verse 2).
1 Kings 3 gives us a famous example of Solomon’s wisdom. Two women brought a case to Solomon about who was the rightful mother of a baby. In those days, there were no medical tests to establish this. Solomon decreed that the baby be cut in half, and each mother would get half. One agreed, and the other offered to give up the child. From this, Solomon knew who the real mother was.
In our personal and public prayers, we should pray for wisdom.
I’m Lonnie Davis
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