“Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.”
—Proverbs 4:5
Smart homes are everywhere, and we live with all kinds of gadgets and innovations from computers to security systems and the house that does it’s own thing. It’s a smart house.
Where I grew up back in Conway, Arkansas, our house wasn’t all that smart, but our family was pretty wise. I had a grandfather and parents who understood the principles of God’s Word and passed those principles along to our family.
I just have to wonder today as we have so many smart houses, if we have wise families, because more and more we’re struggling. I would have to say that many of our families aren’t smart families or wise families, but the very opposite, what the Bible calls foolish families.
One of my favorite definitions of wisdom is this; wisdom is seeing things from God’s perspective. That is wisdom. And this wisdom is available to us today.
There are 31 chapters in Proverbs and so you can read a chapter a day. You can imagine the wisdom of God that was given to Solomon. That is now given to us, because this is beyond the wisdom of man, this is the wisdom of God.
Just read the book of Proverbs, and you will discover that in it we have the distilled wisdom of Solomon. But more than that, you have the crystallized, clear, HD, high definition wisdom of God.
HEAVENLY WISDOM IS HOW YOU LIVE SUCCESSFULLY GOD’S WAY.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.”
John 14:4–7
The noted Bible commentator Matthew Henry grew up in a pastor’s home. Later in his life he recounted the story of his parents’ courtship. Henry’s mother came from a wealthy family, and her father was somewhat doubtful of the financial prospects of a young minister just starting out and his lack of a respected family pedigree. He objected, “He may be a perfect gentleman, a brilliant scholar, and an excellent preacher; but he is a stranger, and we do not even know where he comes from!” “True,” replied the girl, “but we know where he is going, and I should like to go with him.”
There are so many decisions that we must make day after day as we go through life. And the destination we reach is determined by the path that we take. We do our best to seek God’s path, searching the Scriptures, listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit, and seeking wise counsel and advice. It is not given to us to see the future, and there are times when the decisions and choices we make do not take us to the result for which we hoped.
But those who follow Jesus are never disappointed in their ultimate destination. He is both the way for us to walk, and the source of the power that allows us to walk as God commands. When we submit to His leading and do our best to follow Him, we are never off course.
Today’s Growth Principle:
When we follow the way of the Lord, our path may not be easy, but it will always be right.
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