BE WISE!!!

Wisdom is a gift from God and a value to acquire. By biblical prescription, an unabated fear of God can propel the effusion and acquisition of wisdom. Moreover, you cannot get wisdom without instruction. Wisdom then I say, is a product of knowledge plus understanding. Knowledge is what you know based on acquired information, but understanding is the comprehension of the information you have acquired, it is the expression of knowledge. Undeniably, you can be delivered by what you know and be oppressed by what you don’t know; likewise, you can be transformed by what you know and be deformed by what you don’t know. The fear of God is what gives birth to wisdom, which implies that we can express our fear for God by simply obeying His instructions. In this context, the Hebrew word for wisdom is “sekel”, meaning INSIGHT.

A revelator once said, “The greatest acceleration a man can ever experience is by personal revelation.” Take note that what is revealed to you is what is restored to you. This then clearly elucidates the fact that the difference between the fool and the wise is their acquisition and application of knowledge; the inability of a fool to possess the intrinsic value of a wise man is what places him in his own class. Likewise, the difference between an adult and a toddler is knowledge, which further establish the fact that a man can be “of age” and still be “of fool,” you can be at forty and still be a dummy, you may look like an adult on the inside but live as a kid on the inside. Your internal value is what controls your external conducts; and your capacity to deliver is a dependent factor on your capacity to receive.

And I personally believe that wisdom is not given by age, neither is it inherent by race, but it is given by grace. Mind you, your age or race does not determine your grace. But your grace determines your race.

More so, it feels good to be instructed by God than to be corrected by Him. Correction is an alternative solution to failure. To be corrected by God is as a result of failure to heed to instruction. Instructions give way to direction, and directions lead to the right destination. God’s intent is to counsel, guide and instruct man in the way he should go. However, when a man rejects God’s instruction, he rejects God’s direction, and to reject God’s direction is to face destruction.

According to Fela Durotoye, one of Africa’s most sought after speaker, “you will always pay people for what you don’t know, but people will only pay you for what you know.” In addition, to become a fool is to despise instruction and correction. The old book says and I quote, “my son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.” Jokingly speaking, for you to go far in life, you need a father (instruction), but for you to know more you need a mother (law). You cannot have a father without a mother, and the more you know the farther you go.

In conclusion, it is good to be aware, it is better to be informed, but it is best to be wise. Exploit thrives on the wings of decision, and quality decision is a function of wisdom. Knowledge get you informed, but wisdom makes you relevant. Knowledge keeps you, but wisdom makes you. Pursue knowledge, embrace understanding, but in all thy getting, get Wisdom!!!
Sekel

Oluwole Joseph
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