God is our heavenly Father. And like our parents, He’s committed to warning us about the dangers of life in this fallen world. In each warning, He is loving us. Each warning exhibits His patience, faithfulness, wisdom, and grace.…we should listen and obey.

Wisdom for Fools

One of the devastating results of sin is that it reduces all of us to fools. A fool looks at truth and sees falsehood.

A fool looks at bad and sees good. A fool ignores God and inserts himself into God’s position. A fool rebels against God’s wise and loving law, and writes his own rules. A fool thinks he can live on his own, not needing anyone’s help.

But here is what is deadly about all of this: A fool doesn’t know he is a fool. If a fool isn’t given eyes to see his foolishness, then he will continue to think he is wise.

So God, in his grace, did not turn his back on our foolishness and walk away. God looked on foolish humanity with a heart of compassion. He not only sent his Son to rescue fools from themselves but also gave us the wonderful gift of his word. In this way, fools could recognize their foolishness and have a tool by which they could grow in wisdom.

How do you start the search for wisdom? The first steps are not in university classrooms, on the pages of research papers, on popular podcasts, or in the books on the New York Times bestseller list. Wisdom begins in the pages of God’s word.

You can be highly trained and still be a fool. You can be a well-educated and gifted communicator and still be a fool. You can be successful and famous and still be a fool. You can have social media dominance and still be a fool. You can be a person whom people look to for guidance and still be a fool. But no one is hopelessly trapped in foolishness. Why? Because God, who is the source of all true wisdom, is a God of tender, forgiving, and rescuing grace (1 Cor. 1:18–31).

To all who confess their foolishness and run to him for wisdom, he offers mercy and grace in their time of need.

True Confession

I would not know how to live without the wisdom of God’s word. I would not know how to be a responsible man without the wisdom of God’s word.

I would not know how to be a husband, a father, a neighbor, a friend, a member of the body of Christ, a citizen, or a worker without the Bible. Without Scripture, I would not know right from wrong.

Without the truths of the word, I would not know how to understand and respond to suffering. Without Scripture, I would be confused about who I am and my purpose in life. Without my Bible, I would not know about sin or understand true righteousness. Without God’s word, I would not know how to handle money, success, power, or fame. Without Scripture, I would have no understanding of origins and no concept of eternity.

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