"The wise of heart will receive commandments,but a babbling fool will come to ruin".
- Proverbs 10:8 (ESV)
Have you ever taken the moment to study a wise person? Of course, a lot of people think they are wise, but I am talking here of the truly wise individual.
I have noticed something about such persons that I think is amazing: they have no problem taking advice, and even orders, from others. Most importantly, they actively seek out God's commandments and apply these to their lives. They are marked by a humility of spirit. A wise person seeks wisdom, but never broadcasts that he has acquired it. Only a fool claims he is wise.
Fools, on the other hand, are people who seek to be a law unto themselves. They are stubborn. Not only do they refuse to submit to the commandments of others, but even the commandments of God.
Are you wise, or are you a fool? Perhaps the answer can be found in your willingness to submit. Do you have to be seen as better? Superior? "In-charge"? Intelligent? Or rather, do you humbly submit to your Lord, and to the people around you?
Be wise, and stop playing the fool.
I have noticed something about such persons that I think is amazing: they have no problem taking advice, and even orders, from others. Most importantly, they actively seek out God's commandments and apply these to their lives. They are marked by a humility of spirit. A wise person seeks wisdom, but never broadcasts that he has acquired it. Only a fool claims he is wise.
Fools, on the other hand, are people who seek to be a law unto themselves. They are stubborn. Not only do they refuse to submit to the commandments of others, but even the commandments of God.
Are you wise, or are you a fool? Perhaps the answer can be found in your willingness to submit. Do you have to be seen as better? Superior? "In-charge"? Intelligent? Or rather, do you humbly submit to your Lord, and to the people around you?
Be wise, and stop playing the fool.
Prayer
Merciful Father,
You are the storehouse and author of true wisdom.
Adam & Eve vainly sought wisdom
in order to be above all.
Grant me wisdom that I may be below all.
The glory is yours, may it never be mine.
Amen.
Merciful Father,
You are the storehouse and author of true wisdom.
Adam & Eve vainly sought wisdom
in order to be above all.
Grant me wisdom that I may be below all.
The glory is yours, may it never be mine.
Amen.
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