Pray for Wisdom

Pray for Wisdom

I am a self proclaimed Christian who declares that Jesus Christ is my personal Lord and Savior. Hurray my ticket to heaven is now punched and open up those pearly gates because I want my piece of the ever after. I go to church on a semi-regular basis sometimes for months at a time. I thought this is something that I have to do to be a “good” Christian. That is the exact attitude that holds me and many other people back in there spiritual and personal lives.

I have often heard others and have done so myself, pray for wisdom. I would be lying in my bed late at night and recite something similar to the following “God, it’s me again, I come before you with many needs, but could you please provide me some wisdom so that I can know what it is you want me to do. Look at me the “good” Christian saying his prayers, kind of like putting a quarter in the candy claw machine and being guaranteed to get a sugary treat. That prayer sounds reasonable; I’m not praying for money, or material items but the thing is I didn’t even realize what I was praying for.

I learned over the weekend what wisdom actually is. Wisdom is being able to apply what you know in your head, allow it to manifest itself in your heart, and be summoned without thought when needed. The thing is wisdom is not just having knowledge but applying that knowledge in the correct circumstances.

Wisdom would be given that homeless man you pass on the street a dollar bill, inviting that widow to your house for a Holiday Meal, or just doing any unselfish act because it is as Christians what we have been commanded to do. As I write this I’ve discovered praying for wisdom may have been one of the most dangerous things I could have done. Praying for wisdom could result in many things I need to do as God will give you that which you ask for, even if it is not in the way you intended it.

My Hope for the New Year approaching is that we all pray for wisdom that would require us all to be responsible to one another, the way God intended it.

God Bless everyone.