“Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.” Proverbs 3:13 NASB
Wisdom is knowledge with understanding. Wisdom is interpreting life from God’s perspective.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; All those who follow His commandments have a good understanding; His praise endures forever.” Psalm 111:10 NASB
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10 NASB
“Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.” Proverbs 3:7 NASB
“The fear of the Lord is a healthy respect for what God says is good and evil and what is right and wrong.” Tim Mackie
How To Live A Wise Life
- Heed the present moment
“We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Don’t let the grace that you received from God be for nothing. God says, “I heard you at the right time, and I gave you help on the day of salvation.” I tell you that the “right time” is now. The “day of salvation” is now.” 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 ERV
- Handle hardships with hope
“We don’t want people to find anything wrong with our work. So we do nothing that will be a problem to others. But in every way we show that we are servants of God. We never give up, even though we face troubles, difficulties, and problems of every kind. We are beaten and thrown into prison. People get upset at us and fight against us. We work hard, and sometimes we get no sleep or food. We show that we are God’s servants by our pure lives, by our understanding, by our patience, and by our kindness. We show it by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love, by speaking the truth, and by depending on God’s power. This right way of living has prepared us to defend ourselves against every kind of attack. Some people honor us, but others shame us. Some people say good things about us, but others say bad things. Some people say we are liars, but we speak the truth. To some people we are not known, but we are well known. We seem to be dying, but look! We continue to live. We are punished, but we are not killed. We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything. We have spoken freely to you people in Corinth. We have opened our hearts to you. Our feelings of love for you have not stopped. It is you who have stopped your feelings of love for us. I speak to you as if you were my children. Do the same as we have done—open your hearts also.” 2 Corinthians 6:3-13 ERV
- Honor God in all you do
“You are not the same as those who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and evil don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot share the same room. How can there be any unity between Christ and the devil? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? God’s temple cannot have anything to do with idols, and we are the temple of the living God. As God said,
“I will live with them and walk with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.” “So come away from those people and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch anything that is not clean, and I will accept you.” “I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord All-Powerful.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ERV