“Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” HCSB
This verse is a culmination of a discussion on the rapidity of the days of our lives on this earth. The sense of it is, since life goes by so quickly let us live each day carefully so that God’s true wisdom may develop in our hearts. In other words, it is easy for us live each day and waste it on life’s frivolities and not gain wisdom from God. Or we can spend our time thinking about things that seem deep to us, but have nothing to do with God’s wisdom. These rapid lives of ours should be spent developing God’s wisdom in our hearts. Thinking of this, I began to wonder what route would we take in the development of this wisdom, and how would it affect our lives? First, we would realize the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” That is we will spend part of our day meditating on the greatness of God, reading about His greatness in His word. When we realize that our God is indeed an awesome God, we develop a great respect for Him that can be described as fear, because if He is this great, how can I fight against Him? The problem with a lot of people is that their concept of God never goes beyond the primary level. They hear about, read about and maybe even think about God, but they do not really reflect on His greatness. Somehow, they miss that He can part the Red Sea, that He can turn water into wine, or that He can walk on water. We need to take a part of each day and meditate on the greatness of God so that we can hold Him in the great awe that He deserves. Then He will start to make a difference in our lives. Second, we should realize that the acceptance of God’s love for us is the acceptance of God’s wisdom. At the same time that we learn to fear the God who can turn water into wine, we learn to accept the Bible’s admonition that in spite of all of our failures, foibles and sins, He loves us anyway. From this fear comes a great realization of God’s eternal love. When we come to the conclusion that “Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so,” we have truly accepted God’s wisdom into our lives. A lot of people just never seem to grasp the profound love that God has for them. If they only fear God’s power, they can never learn to accept His love. Grasp this fact, the almighty God loves you. Third, we should realize that faith in God is the practice of His wisdom in our lives. Throughout the Bible, we are urged to believe in God and to have faith in His activity in our lives. When we learn to fear God, and accept His love for us, the next step is to put our faith in Him so that we can put God’s wisdom into action in our lives. When we put our faith in Him, we become His personal servants, sharing His wisdom in our lives day by day. We are not saved by works, but we are saved to work, and it is only when we entrust each day to Him that we can effectively work for Him. God’s wisdom is bound up in our fear and standing in awe of Him. We truly accept that wisdom when we realize that He loves us and we practice that wisdom when we embrace Him by faith. Does this sound about right to you? Bro. Joe
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