Wisdom

The wisest man who ever lived said:

“Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:10

Solomon asked God to give him wisdom and knowledge. And then we go to Job 28:28 and Job the farmer said:

"Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding."

We really need to be more practical in our daily lives. I remember an agricultural expert, he came to the farm to show us how to do it... He couldn’t start the tractor because he never drove a tractor before, you see it was all theory. He didn’t realize that you had to put the tractor into neutral before you can turn the ignition and start the engine.

Theory is one thing but to make it work is quite something else, isn’t it?

Wisdom and knowledge is a gift from God, and you can ask for it simply, just like Solomon did. Jesus said in Matthew 7:7:

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

We need to concentrate more on people skills - They are vital if you want to succeed in life. Always see people as better than yourself, never speak down to people. Always speak up to people. I would often ask my staff when I was actively farming, I would sit down on a contour bank and say, “I don’t know what to do.” And you know something, they would slowly but surely start telling me of experiences that they had had on other farms, and they were pearls of wisdom. You know, just because a man is poor and just because he has a limited education, that does not make him stupid.

My late dad’s brother struggled with asthma his whole life. He did not have much of an education, he was always in the hospital. When he left school eventually, he became a shepherd in Scotland. He was extremely sought after by the wealthy farming community. Do you know why? Because he had a team of border collies, sheepdogs and he had trained them himself, they were incredible - I saw them myself. I had never seen a man work with a flock of sheep. I am talking about hundreds and hundreds of sheep, all by himself with his dogs. Other companies around about had to employ many, many men to do the same job.

Wisdom and knowledge don’t come from university alone. They come from the school of life - from experience. Ask Jesus today to help you, just like Solomon did.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.