TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
TMS MEDITATION
TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
'Wisdom' is an accumulated knowledge, erudition or enlightenment. It is the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight. The quality of being prudent and sensible is wisdom.
There are basically two kinds of Wisdom and we know them by there traits and the kind of results they yield. Sometimes you hear people who think they are wise say; 'We can make anything happen here. We're the best. We're the choice pieces of meat in the soup pot.'
Well, that's funny to me because, the truth is, we never really know enough until we recognize that God alone knows it all. If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it (1Cor 8:2).
Some of you may be wise. You will understand these things. So show that you are wise. Show it by what you do. Do things that are good and wise.
Perhaps you think bad things about other people. Some people may have what you want. And perhaps you feel bad because of that. Perhaps you want to make yourselves important and you do not think about anyone else. You may think these bad things. If you do, do not think, ‘we are better than other people.’ Do not say that you are wise.
Perhaps you think bad things about other people. But that is not how God would want you to think. People who do not know God may think like that. The bad parts of human nature cause you to think like that. It is like the way that demons think.
You may think bad things about other people. And you may think that you are better than those people. That will cause trouble among people and lots of bad things will happen.
But then, I ask, do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. This is because if you live well and wisely, it will automatically show in your speech. Your soul will be transformed and the way you talk will be from a transformed soul.
Friend, mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom.
Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom.
Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom. It's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats.
Do you understand?
But we have a better Wisdom, one that comes from God.
Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor. Yeah... Sure. If God makes you wise, you will first be clean and true. Then you will love to have peace with other people. You will be quiet. And you will not want to argue with people. You will be loving and kind. And you will do good things to all people. You will be honest. And you will be like that all the time.
Friend, do you know that those who bring peace to other people help them to have peace with everyone? O yes... God will even call those people good.....
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E.A Isaiah
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