Comments on: Who Wants To Be A (Meek) Millionaire?

By: Merle

Merle — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:06:00 +0000

In reply to Tim Stauffer. Thanks, Tim. I appreciate your comment.

By: Tim Stauffer

Tim Stauffer — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:26:20 +0000

This is a good word. Thanks for sharing it.

By: Merle

Merle — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:26:43 +0000

In reply to Day2Day Victory. Thank you for your comments. I wish I knew your name. :-) You make some important points, especially in that wisdom is a journey. We don't seem to find the shortcuts, do we? Thanks for joining in.

By: Day2Day Victory

Day2Day Victory — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:12:07 +0000

many good thoughts to collect and consider Merle: I want wisdom NOW! lol I feel like I’m in a boat trying to get to the city of prosperity so I can interact with the people who are smart. The more I learn about the majesty of Jesus and His Grace, the city seems to get further and further away because God’s wisdom seems to separate people from the world’s common thought and challenges personal beliefs such as “I do good things as a Christian so why do I need God’s grace to cause me to do good when I am doing good”

I am not of great learning or with big capacity so I’ve wondered over the years how can a person with low intelligence obtain what they need to Glorify God. If one discovers their rate of learning is slow and their capacity is very small: what would one need to put into that space? Jesus is Wisdom: the fear of the Lord is the Begging of wisdom – is that all we really need
to know?

How much do we need to know and what wisdom do we need to contain in order to make this new life work?

I want the text book answers but they make no sense to my core thoughts when it comes to knowing God and delighting in Him. I want wisdom but this seems to only come after years and years of internal study and the working out of ones thoughts and by depending upon God to make these things known to the soul.

God could just snap His fingers and cause us to know all we need to know: instead, it appears that Jesus wants us to wrestle with these things until we come to a place where we only see His Glory.

By: Merle

Merle — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:03:29 +0000

In reply to Miriam Iwashige. I appreciate your response, and agree. There is much more to be said and considered in the pursuit. Thank you!

By: Miriam Iwashige

Miriam Iwashige — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:32:35 +0000

I think of the process of acquiring wisdom as being willing to “sit for a long time in a gray area,” while we continue to observe and listen and learn. Getting to “black and white” may never happen, and if it doesn’t, it will be likely at least to have bestowed humility in the process. If it does, the “black and white” will bear the marks of godly wisdom.

Thank you for a thought-provoking and insightful post.