"If you are wise and understand God's ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in you heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yeild to theirs. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere."
"Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in you hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth . This is not wisdom that comes from above. but is earthly, unsipritual and demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peacable, gentle open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere."
If you are wise, what is it to be wise?
Wisdom; Knowledge, insight, judgement
When you think of wise do you think of the old men at church with the white hair and glasses, do you think of the owl from Winnie the Pooh or maybe to you it's your parents. Regardless of who it is, everyone at some point has come across someone who they consider to be wise in their life. What even deems one as wise? Is it the wrinkles on their weathered skin, the grey hair, or maybe it is just the fact that they wear glasses?
One of the first places that wisdom is recorded in the bible is in Gen 3:6, it is talking about Eve craving the wisdom from the tree. I have always been one that craves wisdom, I remember from a young age always wanting to be wise like Solomon. I always would pray to God that he would make me wise like God did for him. Ecclesiastes has always been one of my favourite books of the bible, and not just because Solomon wrote it. I have always admired the wisdom behind the words spoken and yes, alot of them are sad and make life seem "meaningless" but they have beauty and truth to them too, they have wisdom. Wisdom of some one who spent their life chasing the wind. He was blinded by things of this world, had a limited vision until God gave him wisdom which was so much more than just human and earthly knowledge. Which shows us the diffence between wisdom and knowledge, wisdom is the discernment that is of God and knowledge is the having information or of being learned. It says in Ecclesiastes 2:26 "God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him.". But I then ask myself "how do you please God?"
I believe that wisdom is the forgotten "fruit of the spirit". If you are filled Christ and truely listening for what he has instore for your life then how can you not be seen as wise? God is the one telling you what to do, and after all he is wisest.
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