Do you find it a bit intrusive when someone becomes so impatient with your inability to mindlessly navigate a computer screen, cell phone, or TV remote that they jump in and do it for you? Certainly, sometimes, the person is honestly trying to help, but other times they are simply impatient, and occasionally obnoxious.
I can deal such “help” just fine, but I honestly do feel bad for such people when they mistakenly equate their technical knowledge as akin to possessing wisdom.
The dictionary defines wisdom as “the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting.” Knowledge, on the other hand, is “information gained through experience, reasoning, or acquaintance.”
The Bible goes a step farther, essentially telling us that wisdom is knowledge rightly applied. For example, knowledge memorizes the Ten Commandments; wisdom obeys them. Knowledge learns of God; wisdom loves Him.
In my most recent Instagram post I quote Psalm 91:12, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
What I see in that verse is that even if our life story is filled with a lot of potholes, God is still willing and able to create within us a heart filled with His timeless wisdom. Such an infilling provides us with a peace that passes all understanding, and an undeniable hope of eternal life.
