Jesus is our Wisdom (2)

Who Should Have Wisdom? 

1. We Should

“But we have the mind of Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 2:16

 ·        We should all have the wisdom of God, not just our parents, pastors, teachers, or older siblings.  If you call yourself a Christian, you have the mind of Christ and He is your wisdom.·        You’re not too young to being acting and speaking in wisdom that astonishes even your elders.·        No matter how old you are, how long you’ve known God, how many books you’ve read, or how good your grades are, we all have the same ability to be filled with wisdom.·        God doesn’t care who you are – you have the mind of Christ, so start using it! 

How Can I Get Wisdom?                            1. Ask God

“Since this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked…  for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge…  therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you.” – 2 Chronicles 1:11-12a

 ·        Hopefully now you’ve begun to see that God wants you to move in wisdom and that if you start to you’re life will go so much better.·        Now the question becomes, “How can I get wisdom?”·        If you were to try and get better grades in your school classes, how would you go about it?  What sort of steps could you take to get smarter in school?·        God has a lot of ways you can go about getting wisdom, but the first place to start is simply asking Him for it.·        Just like God gave Solomon wisdom when he asked for it, He’ll do the same for you.  And just like God gave Solomon riches, fame, and health with the wisdom, all those will come for you too.·        You can ask God for a “spirit of wisdom and revelation” (Ephesians 1:17) and He’ll give it to you.·        God wants you to be wise, so don’t be afraid to ask for it.·        Proverbs 2:6 promises that God will give you wisdom. 

2. Read the Bible

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” – 2 Timothy 3:16

 ·        Besides directly asking God for wisdom, start reading His “manual,” the Bible.·        If Scripture is “God-breathed,” then it came straight from God, the creator of all wisdom, and you would do good to read it.·        If Scripture is “useful for teaching,” then let yourself be taught by God.  There’s no other better teacher out there.·        If Scripture is “useful for… rebuking [and] correcting,” open yourself up to be rebuked and corrected by God, so you begin to walk in true wisdom.·        If Scripture is “useful for… training in righteousness,” let God train you to walk in wisdom and righteousness.·        If you want to have a better life, if you want to understand God more, if you want to have wisdom to know truth from error, start reading the Bible. 

3. Read Proverbs

“The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for attaining wisdom and discipline…” – Proverbs 1:1-2a

 ·        The whole Bible is good for giving you the wisdom of Jesus, but if you could pick one book in particular that focuses on issues of wisdom, which would you pick?·        Proverbs, probably more than any other book, will teach you how to live wisely.  The whole focus of the book is to help you gain wisdom in your life.·        Read even a few verses from Proverbs every day, put them into practice, and you’ll notice yourself walking in more wisdom than ever before.·        If you want a good, practical lesson on being wise, start with the book of Proverbs. 

4. Learn from Others

“Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.” – Proverbs 9:9

 ·        Finally, one of the most important ways to learn wisdom is to learn it from others.·        Open yourself up to your pastor, your teachers, your parents, your older siblings, and other more mature Believers.  Let them speak into your life and help you use wisdom.·        It’s easy to read the Bible and ignore the convicting parts.  It’s easy to read Proverbs and pretend you’ve put its guidelines into practice.  But when you allow other people to speak into your life, they’ll be able to point to specific things that need changing but you’d rather gloss over.·        If you learn from others you will become “wiser still” and “add to [your] learning.”·        Jesus taught the disciples to walk in wisdom (Matthew 11:1).  The disciples went on to teach others, and these went on to teach even more.·        Christianity is built on this idea of learning from others. 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” – James 1:5 

·        If you need wisdom, ask God for it and He’ll give it to you·        God gives wisdom generously – He’s more than ready to make you wise

·        You don’t have to already have everything figured out before God gives you wisdom.  Just ask, and He’ll give it to you.

Have a great day 

John

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