Detecting wisdom
August 23, 2018
We desire wisdom. Really? Let’s hold up our stated wish to the realities of Scripture. Proverbs 9:8 ‘rebuke the wise and they will love you.’ When someone tells you, even confronts you with something you have done wrong, or a way you have hurt them, do you LOVE them and thank them?
Or are we, I include myself, defensive, justifying our behavior, assigning motive to them, not examining ourselves. Challenge: pray first, “Lord is this a wisdom opportunity?”
Wise people are slow to answer, willing to think from another person’s view, AND willing to admit sin and ask forgiveness. We learn to speak the truth to other’s IN LOVE Ephesians 4: 15. Because we’ve learned from being confronted that truth can hurt. Love helps. And wisdom is priceless.