Wisdom

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Wisdom is knowledge used for its intended purpose. In reality wisdom is also looking at life from God's perspective to do anything less is foolishness. Time has a beginning and end. We all know this, yet we often live our lives as if we are going to live forever. Today in the small town of Des moines, Iowa a 21 year old young mans life was taken as the result of senseless street violence. So we all know that life can end suddenly at any given moment for each and everyone of us. Last year in my church family we have taken a pretty hard hit in our members. We are not a big church but we have lost 6 members last year. The bible says that a man's life is comparable to a flower, the sun shines on it and causes it to bloom, that same sun continues to shine on it and that flowers petals wilt and fall delicately to the ground. To return to the dust from which it comes. So is the fate of every human being that walks on the face of the earth. To ignore this is simply not wise. So knowing this information we can now make an informed decision, which in mym opinion is the best way to make any decision. Ephesians 5:15-16 says," Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil."


  Wise men and women make the most of their time, wise men and women waste no time. They also take advantage of every opportunity to do what is right. They look for opportunities to move forward in their faith and service. Paul says in Ephesians that the days are evil because he was concerned about the moral climate of the day. Isn't this the case for us today as well? Evil is present at every hand in our lives today. I was just watching the news today and witnessed a man walk into a school board meeting and begin to try and shoot the board members because he disagreed with what they were doing. I believe in loving unconditionally, so I don't have hate for any human being on the face of the earth. I also am not homophobic and love my gay brothers and sisters as I would be inclined to Love any of God's children. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality. Today we call it an alternative life style. It is an abhorrent behavior to God. The moral climate of today it is being advocated as a acceptable way to live, and it is acceptable, but it is a sin like all other sins to our father in heaven. Just as he hates the adulterer. But we must always rember he hates the sin not the sinner. You can be watching your television and your much more likely to see this behavior than a conversation about our lord an savior Jesus Christ. In my opinion there is something inherently wrong with that picture.


We as human beings we need to wake up and smell the coffee, everyday we are getting very clear signals that we are heading for trouble. marriages don't last, children are killing their parents. Communities of children are shooting each other down like dogs. It seems every other week we discover a new and more vicious serial killer who has decimated a population of vulnerable females. Wars continue to be fought on our planet and no one seems to have a clue as to what to do about it all. Many issues we have to deal with on a daily basis are not mentioned specifically in scripture. Complicated issues can arise, and there seems to be no biblical parallel, it is in situations such as these that we are to turn to wisdom. We should ask ourselves what is the wise thing to do?


Finally wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools.... But to know how to use knowledge is wisdom. This should not only be our goal as Christians but one of our purposes in life.

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