THE WISDOM OF GOD VERSES THE WISDOM OF MAN!

From the desk of Dr. Mary Tisdale Green

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WHAT IS WISDOM? The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
synonyms:    sagacity, intelligence, sense, common sense, shrewdness, astuteness, smartness, judiciousness, judgment, prudence, circumspection; More
logic, rationale, rationality, soundness, advisability,the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment."the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period.

Wisdom isn’t simply intelligence or knowledge or even understanding. It is the ability to use these to think and act in such a way that common sense prevails and choices are beneficial and productive.  You don’t get wisdom out of a textbook. You don’t get knowledge enough to make you wise. You don’t receive understanding from simply hearing others. Experience might be one of the most valuable tools in acquiring wisdom. That is to say, what we learn from experience gives us the wisdom whether to try a particular thing or make a certain choice or not. You can hear lectures on swimming, you can read books on swimming, and you can understand the buoyancy of water from observation but until you jump in the water and get some experience, you won’t have true wisdom about the water and that may make all the difference between swimming and drowning.   Experience is often the best teacher.

King Solonmon was the wisest man on earth. People came from all over to ask him questions. 1 Kings 4:21:29-34. King Solonmon did great things as long as he kept his focus on God, then he marries non-Israelite women, and his wives turn his heart to the worship of false gods.

PRAYER: Wisdom comes from you Lord, Thank you, In Jesus name, Amen.