God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have."
1 Kings 3:11-12 NIV
We are so abundantly blessed, we have much data and information available to us. We read of Solomon's request to the Lord for knowledge and wisdom. Data, information, knowledge and wisdom are varying levels or degrees of facts or ideas about a situation.
Data is "out there" and data may be relevant, irrelevant, and in fact, may not be available when needed. Information is available, but it too may not be appropriate in every situation. Knowledge and wisdom are germaine to a given situation and it is wisdom that allows us to make the best, most correct response when there is conflicting or imperfect data and/or information.
We will learn more about wisdom's attrbutes when we read the book of Proverbs later this month.
How do you discern wisdom in individuals?
What steps do you take in an attempt to gain wisdom?
Pray for wisdom.
In Christ,
David P
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