“How to get Wisdom.”
“Moderns want techniques for guidance - but the Bible calls us to character. Pagans looked for signs and omens, and read the stars, for they wanted impersonal knowledge of what was going to happen.
The Bible instead directs us to know personally the one in charge of the world, and then, through wisdom, ‘He will direct your paths’ (Proverbs 3:5,6)
- Knowing God is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10), since he is ultimate reality.
- Saturate yourself in the Word to get sensitive to his mind and heart (Psalms 119)
- Learn from suffering, especially looking at your own weaknesses (Proverbs 3:11)
- Have wise friends in community and get advice (Proverbs 13:10; 17:10)
- Use prayer to cleanse your motives to seek God’s will (John 7:17), not to get feelings or promptings.”
- Timothy Keller, Gospel Christianity
