But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:17-18)Real wisdom is evident. And you can always tell the source of wisdom.
What the world calls wisdom is more of an arrogant survival or knowledge. It is the kind of thing that makes the speaker look good, that advances an agenda in some way. It is more talk than anything else and tends to be gibberish after you look at it for a few minutes.
Real wisdom heals. It brings peace. It accomplishes something. It doesn’t just sit there in pithy phrases and make the one who advances it sound good. Sometimes, it can even be against the speaker.
Real wisdom always advances peace, even if it doesn’t seem like it. It was after all, Jesus who said he came to bring difficulty. In Matthew 10:34, he said: Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
It was the wisdom of God that brought Jesus to this earth (1 Corinthians 1). Yet the experience of Jesus is not always good. There is one third of the world today railing against him, killing people who believe in him.. there is no outward peace there. And there are those who say that the very bringing of Jesus into the culture is harmful and should be avoided at all costs.
Yet Jesus said anyway to go and preach the gospel to all creation, to everybody. The wisdom of God was to preach. To deny that is foolishness.
Real wisdom yields. It doesn’t set up little kingdoms based on men’s thoughts and charisma. It points to God. It is merciful and has good things coming from it.
Real wisdom is noticeable the moment it is seen. And because the world does not want to see God, it is rejected the moment it is seen and heard. The world does not want to see the wisdom of God because it points away from what it wants to do.
It brings us into his presence and into his love. And it causes good things to happen.
Real wisdom is beautiful.
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