Get Smart!

Let me share something about myself that you probably already know: I ain't the sharpest tool in the box! Now, I wouldn't say I'm as "dumb as dirt" but fortunately I have enough sense to recognize that I'm no genius either! When people ask me what's the one thing they can pray for in my life I always reply with one word: wisdom.

The past few weeks I'm reading through the book of Proverbs. Approximately three thousand years ago, King Solomon, the wisest man ever, compiled a collection of the wisdom he had accumulated over the years. This collection of wisdom is the book Proverbs. It is the original Life's Little Instruction Book, and it contains advice for getting life together and keeping all areas of life together.

In order to succeed in life, we need wisdom. Proverbs show us how to get it and how to apply it to our lives on the most basic level. What is wisdom? Here's a definition. Wisdom is the ability to make good decisions about what to do and what not to do. That's not a very deep and profound definition, but a good one nevertheless. And it's what I pray for daily. God, give me the ability to make good decisions.

Years later, long after Solomon was dead and gone, another well-respected servant of God by the name of James wrote "If any man lacks wisdom let him ask..."

If you're wondering what's the one thing I can do for Christian Life Center it's to ask God to give wisdom to our leadership. More than anything else we need the ability to make God-honoring decisions.

In my next few posts I'm going to be sharing some thoughts from Proverbs; some simple insights as I see them about the benefits of wisdom and what we we can do to put wisdom to work in our lives.