Wise? Foolish?

Wise?  Foolish?

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. Proverbs 12:15 KJV

Are you wise or foolish? I think it is a bit too much to debate whatever your response is,  but one thing is clear: your response to today's extract will clarify where you stand.

As you examine your life today, who determines your path? Who decides for you what is important? Who sets the course for your life and the decisions that you make?  As long as you are confident in yourself, you are foolish. If you have built your hopes on the fleeting goods that the world promises, you are foolish. If your bank account balance is what makes you tick, you are foolish. If your degrees are your confidence and hope, you are foolish. If someone has made you a promise, and you have hinged your entire life and happiness on the fleeting and vain hope of man, then, you are indeed foolish.

Trust me, education is important. Having a plan for the future is good. One thing though: your plans only make sense when they are hinged on God's will and purpose. If God cannot disrupt your well laid plans, so you can attend to the things that he considers important, then you have not discovered your true essence. Can God count on you, your time, your resources, your home, your life?  Can he call on them and make use of them whenever he pleases?

If your way is the only way, you have not discovered the true source of life. If your way is the only high way, you are on the high way to trouble. Get counsel for your life from the one who has written down all your days. Get direction from the one who has the entire universe in his hand and can direct resources to you as he pleases. He is the Wisdom of God, the one whose counsel alone matters.

Be wise, get God on your side. His words are life to all who pattern their lives after his directives. His time of favour is here.