PERSPECTIVES
FROM DAVID’S 7 SECRETS
Chapter Two,
“Sit At God’s Round Table” pp. 9-11
BE WISE
I couldn’t
find “wisdom” in any of the great lists of virtues. It’s because you just can’t decide one minute
to be wise and the next not. It’s something you cultivate as you get to know
things, experience life, grow up. When you finally make all of David’s virtues
yours, you have most likely arrived at wisdom.
David said
in Psalm 19:7, “…the statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the
simple.” That means, as we absorb the
principles God has laid down for us, we become wise.
Solomon, the
second born son of David and Bathsheba, was considered the wisest man who ever
lived. He said, “He who wins souls is
wise.” Proverbs 11:30
Jesus was
concerned about that very thing. As He
was sending out His disciples to win souls, He said, “I am sending you out like
sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as
wise (shrewd) as serpents (snakes) and as innocent as doves.” Matt 10:16
Peter, one
of those being sent into the wolves’ den, wrote, “Always be prepared to give an
answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”
I Peter 3:15. It sounds like he is suggesting we should be wise in our
responses.
The world we
know is crumbling faster and faster, and the principles we grew up with are
being eroded in a direction opposite of God’s statutes. The game of Chess comes
to mind. We need to anticipate the
negative moves being made against contemporary Christianity and take the admonishing
of James 1:5. “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives
generously to all, without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”
The bottom
line is this. No matter what decisions our leaders, or our supreme court,
entangle us with, remember that God is still in control and it is His plan that
is being played out. Think about that
and…
BE WISE
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