is our custom, we will ask and attempt to answer the questions, “what does the Bible say
available to us in Christ the moment we
about wisdom?” and, “how does it apply to being a mom?”
believe. As we allow Him to live His life in us
In case you feel like me, under-qualified and greatly lacking in the wisdom department,
take heart from Scripture:
“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 him.” (James 1:5 NKJV)
more and more, we gain access to all He is.
His love, His peace, His grace, His wisdom.
The Christian life is utterly impossible
without this one thing: allowing Him to live
And
His life in us. Moment by moment, day by
”For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;”
day, being crucified with Christ that He may
Proverbs 2:6 NKJV)
Lord, You are the only wise God and we ask you now to guide our conversation and to
give us Your wisdom. We are in desperate need of You. Thank you for Your life. Amen.
live His resurrected life through us. This is
the wisdom of the ages, the secret to the
best life we could ever live, but it is also
The Bible does talk about a wisdom that comes from experience. This is the wisdom that
counterintuitive to our flesh. We often boil
older, more life-worn people can pass on to those that are younger who will listen. We
it down to a list of dos and don’ts, focusing
see it in the Proverbs: “He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of
on having right behavior rather than a heart
fools will be destroyed.” (Proverbs 13:20 NKJV) and, “A wise man will hear and increase
that is right before God.
learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel.” (Proverbs 1:5 NKJV) There
Our kids see this- they see us going through
are countless jewels of wisdom younger moms could learn from older moms and clueless
the motions of living for God without letting
dads could learn from any mom, period. Since I fall in the clueless dads category, we are
Him live His life in us more and more. And
going to instead try to dig a bit deeper and uncover what is the core, the very essence of
they mimic what they see in us. All they hear
biblical wisdom, without which all other such jewels and nuggets simply fall flat.
and see is the “what” of the Christian life
The journey for wisdom is a lot like the road to maturity. In a very practical sense, becoming
without the “how,” and so many turn away
mature is realizing more and more how immature you actually are. The immature person
once they can make their own choices.
has no idea they are immature- they do not have the capacity to see their own immatu ɥ