Our theme for this month: “Wisdom”
Our Bible verse for today: “But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Wisdom is learned through experience.”
True wisdom is learned through experience. It’s not something we read about, memorize, and recite to others. It’s something we live. Wisdom is the understanding of great truths that are then applied in a practical way in the real lives of real people in the real world. That’s the kind of Biblical wisdom James calls for in his New Testament letter.
In his letter James describes a Christian life of action and passion. For James true faith and true wisdom is always expressed in observable ways in real life. So he calls us to demonstrate our deep faith in the way in which we speak to others; in the way we treat others; in the way we care for the poor and sick and the suffering; in the way we safeguard and nurture our relationships. For James it is our service to others that becomes the observable proof of what’s really in our hearts.
“Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” 2:27
A person who is wise in the ways of God is not only familiar with the commands and instructions of the Bible, but that person lives them out in daily life. And the more of that they do, the more deeply ingrained such behavior becomes for them and over time it progressively becomes who they are. The experience of living that way results in making them truly wise.
A person who is truly wise in the ways of God got that way by living that way. It’s true, wisdom is learned through experience.
God Bless,
Oak Hill Baptist Church 