Mark Carey Writes:

 Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;

but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

Proverbs 29:18

Heeding Wisdom instruction is vital – we live in God’s wisdom through receiving His revelation – God loves to reveal to us who He is, his way to live. He is generous at revealing things so that then we know the way to live – His restraint in the way of our lives.

As we allow revelation to take hold of our lives we get wisdom’s instruction.

We are told that  

“….. Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”  (Luke 2:52) If He grew in wisdom, so must we.

There are some things we are prone to that prevent or block wisdom’s instruction

Reductionism

We reduce things to our own understanding and our own way.

Proverbs 3:5-6 puts it well: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Distraction

The so-called ‘wisdom’ of many voices on all forms of media including social networks and the foolishness of fads takes up so much attention and stops us listening for wisdom’s instruction.

Procrastination

We go round in circles of indecisiveness often waiting for others or circumstances to make the decision for us rather than making a decision and going for it. Wisdom leads us to wise decision-making.

Frustration

We don’t see frustration as a gift yet, if we do, we find that in the unwrapping we discover wisdoms instruction

Disappointment

We are prone to disappointment when our ‘best laid plans’ haven’t ‘delivered’.

Let’s remember that we are always dealing with a combination of Sin, Circumstances and Satan’s power – often things beyond our immediate control that affect even the wisest decisions.

But God is endlessly redemptive – as Graham Dow said:  “God is readjusting His plan day by day according to our response to Him”.

There is blessing in heeding wisdom’s instruction – how are you doing at this? What is God saying to you and what are you going to do about it?

Reverend Canon Mark Carey Leader CCBN