We all want it…sometimes we think we have it, at others, we feel we have none. Where do I go for my source of wisdom? Well, I go to the Holy Scriptures.

The Holy Scriptures- the living breath of God tells us in James 1:5 that if anyone lacks wisdom, that we should ask God for it. That in itself is a profound statement. If we want to know something, why go to another person. Go to the top! Go to the only Person who can see the past, the present and the future for eternity. The only source of true wisdom.

How many of you, whatever your age, feel wise? Job said in Job 12:12 “Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?” I think that what Job is saying is that as we age, we start to see the whole picture, opposed to when we are younger, we tend to live in the now. Do you remember being a teenager, would you now consider those choices wise? Yet through our long lives, don’t we get understanding?

Also, Proverbs 13:10 states “Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” This tells me that if we want wisdom, we are to take advice from God first, then trusted others. How much pain we would have avoided had we heeded our parents advice. The times that they were upset with us for the choices that we made, was only their fear that we would be in harms way. For this reason, it was to our benefit when families lived in the same house. Aged grandparents are such a wealth of knowledge. Pure treasures to behold. Their wisdom is like gold to us, but often we don’t realize it until much later.

We do well if we have understanding. Understanding for the young, whose choices are based on emotion and not intellect. Understanding for the aged, to reap from the knowledge that they can share from a life lived.

Lord God, I pray for wisdom!