Dear Ones, Hope your day is full of wisdom. We have Bible study here today and it is also Donut Day. I hope to get some food prep done and catching up. I had a good report yesterday from the wound specialist and am so grateful!
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Haven’t we all wanted to be a person of wisdom, knowing what to do in situations and responding in the right ways? King Solomon had a dream and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” He asked God for wisdom to govern the people and was given great wisdom. God was very pleased with his request and he became the wisest man ever. He applied that wisdom during most of his reign, but sadly in his last years his heart was not fully given to the Lord. Something we all need to guard against for we can start out well, but then give out.
There are those that have a lot of knowledge, but wisdom is putting that knowledge into practice and doing the right thing. What good is it if we have knowledge, but don’t follow through and act in the right way? It is easier said than done! Most of the time we don’t actually lack the knowledge of the truth of what we know we should do, but we fail to live it out. What good is that? James said in James 1:22, “But be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” The Message translation says, “Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!”
Of course, there may be times we aren’t sure what to do, and it may help to think of what you would tell someone else if they were in your situation. It may become clearer to us, and we see our need to do the very thing that is hard but right. It has helped me to be accountable to a friend about my desire to spend quiet time in stillness before the Lord each morning before I get into my work routine. Since I have done that, it has helped me to be faithful daily. Do whatever works for you, but don’t stop part way in just knowing what you should do, but actually do it.
Challenge for today: Ask the Lord for wisdom to know what is the right thing, and then follow through by doing it.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy