Heavenly Wisdom – Part 1
Boys are naturally competitive. I have four of them. They are grown now, but when they were younger, they had daily conflicts. One was the battle for the front seat. “It’s my turn;” “No, it’s my turn,” was so routinely debated, you’d think it was congressional legislation. When one didn’t get his way, he would inevitable appeal to the supreme court with the cry: “Daaaad!” I never knew whose turn it was (Who’s got time to keep up with that?), but I finally got wise and the supreme court ruled: Days that ended in odd numbers went to the older child; the ones ending in even numbers to the younger. This (more or less) ended the “It’s my turn” arguments about sitting in the front seat—ah, sweet peace!
“Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?” (James 4:1). This is the root of the issue. Eliminate fleshly desires and conflicts go away, but how to get there? “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:17-18).
First, heavenly wisdom is, well, heavenly. Its origins are from God’s eternal nature, not the ever-changing whims of man. It springs from the eternal font of stability, faithfulness, and relationship. It is the same, yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), a clear sea of crystalline glass (Revelation 4:6), stable, trustworthy, and dependable. It is the one true way that leads to life (John 14:6).
God bless you and I love you.
Kevin Cauley