Wisdom And Obedience

Psalm 111: 10

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom.

People all over the world, of every Nation, every Time, every religion, have all been aware of the Natural Laws that God based this Universe on when He created it all. And true science is seeking the Truth of how this material existence works. 

No one can deny the working of the Law of Gravity, for instance. It would be foolish to try to "break" the Law of Gravity, we can only break ourselves on it. We could not disobey this law, everyone who has tried has paid instant consequences, according to the working of the law.

When we know and respect how Gravity works, then we can learn to enjoy it. Airplanes don't go against Gravity, but obey a higher law, of Aerodynamics. Working with both laws, planes fly. And people jump out of planes to sky-dive. These people are not trying to defy Gravity, but enjoy using it to feel weightless as they drop, and highly respect it by pulling the cord on the parachute in time to, still obeying the laws, approach their landing at a safe speed. 

But people don't have the same respect, or fear, of God's moral laws. They talk of "breaking" the laws, but, like the Natural Laws, they will only break themselves on it. We do have the freedom to disobey, but we will only pay the consequences for it, in both our relationships and our peace of mind. 

How much better for us when we know the right way to live, and live according to it. The way God designed the World to function. The better we know God and His ways, and follow them, then the better we get along with ourselves, our environment, and our fellow man. That's why the "Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom," and "all who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom." 

I've heard it said that the definition of "wisdom" is "knowing how to apply Knowledge." So having knowledge is only the first step. Discerning how to apply the knowledge we have is the key to having Wisdom. 

"Always learning, but never able to acknowledge the Truth" is the way Paul's second letter to Timothy says it (3:7). This is one of the "signs" of the Last Days before the Coming of the Lord. These people are highly educated, but are not able to discern God's basic moral rules. I see this in those who are running our highest institutes of learning; they think that any kind of sexual lifestyle is equal to any other, they think that political systems that have failed every time in the past should be put in place instead of what worked in the past, and they are teaching our youth these fallacies and others. They have no wisdom, but have become fools, being deceived.

I do hope and pray that you, dear Reader, are learning how to order your own life and thinking processes according to God and His ways. So that you will acquire godly wisdom, as opposed to the worldly wisdom of the foolish. So that you will know God, not just know about Him, and knowing Him will love Him, as He loves you more than you can imagine. And loving Him, you will love who He loves, your fellow human beings. Then you will be obeying His Law. 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!