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Note: Series outline and content supplemented by Live Lighter Love Better; Twelve Biblical Decisions for a meaningful life by Cary Schmidt.
These lessons are prepared for the High School LifeGroup
It makes sense to seek God’s good sense.
Great opponent to you receiving wisdom, it not believing you need it.
Let all together agree we need it.
Wisdom is simply God’s perspective or God’s view.
It is the combination of three things:
Knowledge - knowing what is true.
Insight - seeing how truth impacts your circumstances
Understanding - putting truth and insight into action
The combination of these three is what leads to a breakthrough.
Breakthroughs lead to great decisions.
Wisdom is simply what would make perfect sense if you were God, or if you happened to have access to God’s mind - which you do.
challenge is it runs counter-intuitively to our human understanding
“it is more blessed to give than to receive” What?
Eight qualities of wisdom
Wisdom sees father
Ecc 7:1 “1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”
Wisdom consider the end from the beginning.
It filters present decisions though a long lens and far reaching values.
Wisdom Thinks Deeper
Ecc 7:2-7 “2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”
Key: The heart is made better
Valuable things are not always enjoyable things, and light things are rarely life-shaping things.
“That is best for us which is best for our souls, by which the heart is made better, though it be unpleasing to sense.” - Matthew Henry
Wisdom Waits Longer
Wisdom is patient
Self-appointed greatness is a crushing lord
When you overestimate yourself you underestimate God’s wisdom and over extend yourself
Wisdom Forgives Faster
Proverbs 11:12 “12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.”
We are exceptional sinners which means we must all be exceptional forgivers.
Let go and move on.
Wisdom Exceeds Measure
Proverbs 16:16 “16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!”
Wisdom Graces Fewer
Wisdom is rare.
To find wisdom and act on it requires uncommon, courage, faith, and determination.
Courage because wisdom will confront my deepest fears
faith because wisdom exposes my weaknesses
determination becomes wisdom runs contrary to emotion
Decision 6
Jesus, Grow me in wisdom that I might make wise choices
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