When you are a young adult, you more than likely have not experienced many of life’s difficult trials but you can be assured that you will get your chance. Too many, when they are hit by these trials, seek some sort of quick fix. When the Christian is hit by life’s trials, he or she seeks help from God but many times seeks instantaneous help only to find that it does not happen that way. But the Christian should learn that God is not someone that you can punch a few buttons and hit some sort of jackpot. Christians need to ask God for the most important thing: Wisdom. Getting wisdom is the thing that God will give you when you ask for it and it is an important tool in dealing with life’s trials.
What is Wisdom?
Wisdom is the ability to make the right decision and because of discernment. It can also be equated with common sense. If you have the trait of wisdom as a filter for making decision you have something that is very valuable. God placed wisdom as something so valuable that an entire book of the Bible was written on it: The Book of Proverbs. It is the one trait that God will give you if you ask:
James 1:5 – If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Wisdom Gives you Discernment
I find that when I am faced with an impossible situation or I am trying to make a decision but not sure which way to go, wisdom helps me make a decision more quickly and be at more peace with it. Let’s put this in perspective a little.
For example, if I make a decision based on desperation, I end up not making the wisest choice but the first choice that comes along. This happens many times to those looking for someone to marry. They will choose the first person who comes along because of desperation instead of carefully analyzing if this person is right for you. Wisdom gives you the ability to discern what is right and wrong in choosing this person as a mate and to have thorough understanding of the potential consequences of your decision. Desperation does not produce this kind of discerning decision making.
So the next time you are faced with a difficult situation or decision, ask God to give you wisdom before anything else.
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This post is amazing! Over the past few months wisdom is something that I have really been asking God for. My wife and I have been married almost 11 months and we have a little one on the way. I felt that in the coming times I will really need wisdom and discernment in leading my family in the right direction! Thanks for this reassuring post.
*Stands in Applause* I truly appreciate the connection between wisdom and discernment. In a spiritual aspsect, I wouldn’t say that wisdom begets discernment. In the natural I agree 100%. The two are intertwined. Together, they produce sound judgments and decisons.
I do think we should all pray that wisdom surround us in every life situation, and not be quick to move hastily. Like many, I no longer want to make any major decisions without it being in God’s will and plan for my life.
Be blessed