Choose Well
Posted on Jan 17, 2008 under Living |How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!Proverbs 16:16
Seems there’s a theme going on this week, doesn’t it? I think God might be really drilling this lesson into my head. Once again, He reminds us that gold, silver, financial wealth is not the goal. Today He tells us that wisdom and understanding are more important.
Wisdom has nothing to do with intelligence, of course. I tend to see wisdom as something that comes from mistakes or observations of other people’s mistakes. Wisdom, perhaps, goes hand-in-hand with understanding. I remember a quote, not sure who said it, that states “To understand all is to forgive all.”
Naturally, only God understands all, which is why God will forgive all. Yet, we can and should strive to understand and to forgive. To be one who understands God’s word and is open to His wisdom, we open ourselves to forgiveness. In the grand scheme of things, wisdom and understanding will impact who we are so much more than the amount of money we have.
The kind of person we are will remain long after we’ve passed on to eternal life with God. The legacy we leave will be more powerful if it is based on who we are rather than how much wealth we accumulated while here. We can each choose our legacy. I’d rather work to leave a legacy of wisdom and understanding than one of gold and silver. How about you?
