Rt. Rev. Timothy Ravinder, C S I Bishop in Coimbatore.

2nd Sunday after Pentecost:

WISDOM... from above: Proverbs 2: 4-7


A young and new bank manager made an appointment to meet his predecessor who was retiring – to seek advice for his new responsibilities. He asked his predecessor, “how did you become so successful?” his predecessor looked at him and said “towards good decisions.” The young manager continued, “Well how does one come to make good decisions?” the predecessor replied “experience”. The bank manager asked again, “then how does one gain experience?” the predecessor answered, “bad decisions.”

Our life is full of decisions. Many of us are tired of making bad ones. Have we ever seen anybody who has been satisfied with his/her decisions? The CAPACITY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS is what the bible calls as wisdom. The ability to choose well, the biblical word is wisdom.

SPIRITUAL WISDOM

Proverbs 1:7 says “the FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of knowledge But fools despise wisdom and instruction”. V.20 “Wisdom calls aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares”. Many a times we are drained out by making bad choices. God has a solution for us. It is called wisdom. It is the GOD-GIVEN ABILITY to perceive the true nature of the thing and then implement the will of God. Why wisdom is important? it is because our life is full of twists and turns. We are to make decisions constantly.

Today there is a lot of DISINFORMATION and much of hear-say, but there is not a lot of knowledge. With knowledge not just information we need to establish truth because there is a lot of lies in the present times. To be wise is to have the knowledge of the true nature of a thing. What do we do with the knowledge we do have? We would say this as understanding. How are we supposed to handle it?  We may have information, but we do not know what to do with it. The knowledge that we possess must be joined with understanding, and the outcome of this is wisdom.

Proverbs 2:4-7 speaks about a HIDDEN TREASURE that we need to ‚dig’ for it. Wisdom is not available just like that to be plucked. It is too valuable. Wisdom is hidden underneath the ground and for those who really want it, will seek after it. Proverbs 4:7 talks about ‚get wisdom’… Wisdom and understanding must be SOUGHT AFTER. The bible narrates a classic example of the Wisdom of Solomon in making his decision. Proverbs 9:10 explains that the beginning of the wisdom is the FEAR OF THE LORD. If we do not fear the Lord we are wasting our time. When we fear God we tune into Him and get to know how God perceives things. AMEN

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