100 Days with Jesus -- Wisdom in Our Lives Is Readily Available

Day 48


Most mornings I start out my day asking for wisdom from the Lord to deal with whatever comes my way. I should start every morning this way! Yesterday I was thinking about the value of time and this morning I’m considering the great value in Godly wisdom. After all it takes wisdom to manage the precious gift of time. They go hand in hand.

In Proverbs 8:4 we’re told that wisdom calls out to us. That’s interesting because I never thought of that before. I always thought of wisdom as something that was to be searched for and sought after, that was a scarce commodity, like time. I considered it to be something that was difficult to attain but greatly needed to find contentment in life and that only came with age and time. As I think about it now, I guess that was kind of silly. We have a loving Heavenly Father that desires for us to be all that He created us to be. So, why would he make something so desperately needed, so difficult to attain? He didn’t! Proverbs 8:4-6, which is wisdom speaking to us, says “To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding. Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.” Wisdom in our daily lives is readily available. It’s actually calling out to us to pay attention and to provide us with all the understanding that we need.
I go back to how I started out this morning by asking for wisdom. Yes, I should do this every single day. The Lord has delivered all the wisdom that I need. I just have to reach out and take it!