STREAMGLOBE DEVOTIONAL
Broadcast 4663
Topic: The wisdon of the just
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Luke 1:17 (NET) And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.
Every lifestyle is usually built on a worldview. A worldview refers to one’s philosophy or explanation of life. You don’t need to be a grey-bearded philosopher to have a worldview, and you don’t even need to be aware of it to have one.
Proverbs 14:12 reads, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death” (NHEB). This tells us that even though that way eventually leads to death, the person walking in it believes it is right.
Here is how it works. Take covetousness as an example. A person who subscribes to the view that money is the highest pursuit in life is a potential murderer, thief, swindler, envious, and bitter person. He does not need to consciously set out to become these things, but those are some of the pathways of that “way.” What is more, he will become skilled at them along the way.
What about a man who believes that pleasure or self-satisfaction is the highest pursuit in life? You are looking at someone potentially given to lust, capable of manipulating others for personal gratification, unstable, unreliable, and a betrayer of trust. These are some of the pathways on that “way,” and he will grow increasingly proficient in them because there is a certain “wisdom” guiding that path.
Apostle James spoke about this in James 3:13-16:
“…But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.”
The wisdom that is from above is revealed in Christ Jesus. It is called the wisdom of the just, or the way of righteousness. It is peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and without hypocrisy (James 3:17).
This is why the blessed man in Psalm 1 does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, no matter how wise it may sound. The counsel of the ungodly is simply a pattern of thought that contradicts God’s Word and wisdom.
Go into today determined to forsake every false way and to walk in the way of righteousness, always remembering that God’s Word is, and imparts, God’s wisdom.
Prayer: Lord, help me walk in Your wisdom and excel in Your divine life. Amen.
—Abraham Damilola Arigi
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