We have sacrificed wisdom for knowledge!
Today we tell everyone that in order to have a great life you must be educated in schools and universities, and have a degree showing your knowledge. But the Bible says the greatest thing is to get, is to get wisdom from God which is PURE wisdom. Wisdom is knowing what to do with knowledge we acquire. To have knowledge without wisdom is useless; for knowledge will fail you without wisdom; the pure wisdom that is from above.
I used to meet with a Christian man who is very knowledgeable about many things, but not very wise. God gave me a vision of him with a huge head but a little body. The problem he had, and like most of us have, is getting knowledge through an hour glass neck – to the heart of the body where wisdom can get to work.
So what does God say, about wisdom? Wisdom will lead you to trust in the Lord with all your heart. With wisdom you will not be impressed with your knowledge and degrees. You will understand that wisdom is more profitable than silver and gold, and with it you will never lose sight of common sense and discernment. Getting wisdom is the key to life; for it will help you develop with good judgment.
God’s wisdom comes from the Bible and the Holy Spirit. Wise people will not lose the discipline of being in the Bible and prayer every day. They will let the words of the Bible penetrate deep into their heart, for they know that this will determine the course of their life.
What does ‘knowledge’ do? First, it puffs you up with pride. So why push people to get a so-called ‘higher’ education and more and more knowledge? Could it be that the world’s system knows that if they can educate people without having wisdom (from God) these people can be easily controlled? Ask yourself, do we have leadership today in America with common sense, discernment, and good judgement? Or, do we have leaders who have no idea how to solve the problems we face?
The country that is led by leaders with ‘degrees of knowledge’ but without wisdom from God – will have the following: self-serving tendencies and will become secretly or openly corrupt with their positions of power. Their promises mean nothing, because they break them. They will not deal with killing, stealing, lying and sexual sins, but let it all become common-place. There will be violence everywhere, one murder after another, because of the lack of godly conviction and faith in God. They love shame more than honor in doing that which is right and just. They point their finger so as to not accept personal blame. This is why America is in mourning, and more and more people are wasting away with fear and hopelessness.
God’s complaint is with us; that His own people have forgotten that wisdom is supreme, and that it comes from God alone, not from schools and universities of our world.
So what is the future of any country run by people with knowledge and no wisdom? What the people fear – will happen. What they dread – will come true. There will be no peace, no quietness, and no rest, only trouble and chaos.
Oh God, please show us leaders who have Your wisdom to know what needs to be done, and the courage to do it, so we can vote them in and replace the wicked who have none of Your wisdom or truth or love in them. Help Your people, and people who hate what they see happening – to put those who are righteous and wise into seats of power over us. IN JESUS’ NAME!