JULY 25, 2013
Where
Can Wisdom Be Found?
Read: James
3:13-17
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God. —James 1:5
Wisdom
is the beauty of holiness. James says wisdom is reasonable; flexible;
forgiving; peaceful; caring; given to friendly visits, small acts of courtesy,
and
kind words. It is humble, transparent, simple, gentle, and gracious to the
core
(James 3:17).
Where
can wisdom be found? It comes from heaven (1:5). “Wisdom,” wrote Charles
Spurgeon, “is a beauty of life that can only be produced by God’s workmanship
in us.”
It’s
good to ask from time to time: “Am I growing in wisdom?” After all, life is
relentlessly
dynamic. We’re either growing sweeter and wiser as the days go by,
or we’re
growing into foolish or even sour-faced curmudgeons. Into what are we
growing?
It’s
never too late to begin growing in wisdom. God loves us with an ardent, intense
affection that can deliver us from our foolishness if we yield ourselves to
Him. His
love can make the most difficult nature into a miracle of astonishing
beauty. It may
hurt a little and it may take a while, but God relentlessly
seeks our transformation.
When we ask, His wisdom will begin to rise in us and
pour itself out to others.
We
have this promise: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives
to
all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to [you]” (1:5).
Lord, please put an end to our foolishness and
turn our hearts toward the wisdom that comes
only from You. We ask You now to take our
lives and transform them into Your likeness.
True wisdom begins and ends with God.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
