Seeking affirmation from others to validate our ideas and opinions is wisdom. Proverbs 11:14 says “in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” Wise counsel provides insights and helps give us direction. Jesus promised God’s divine counselor, however, to provide wisdom from the throne of God: the Holy Spirit.
“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (John 14:25-27).
It takes time and a patient, listening heart to hear the whispers of the Holy Spirit. That’s why Moses earnestly prayed “that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).
RELEVANCE
Paul amplified this message in addressing a situation that had erupted in the churches in Corinth. They had learned God’s ways and were being blessed. Confusion set in, however, as some teachers came in trying to mix God’s truths with worldly wisdom. He, therefore, reminded the believers that the paramount source of wisdom comes directly from God.
“For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:10-12).
Paul reminded the Corinthians that God’s wisdom comes as we surrender to Christ, allowing ourselves to be conformed to His nature. It happens as we allow Him to increase and the self nature to decrease. The Holy Spirit then establishes and confirms our alignment with God by manifesting the sweet peace of God; a sense of confidence in God’s rest.
REFLECT AND RELATE
How do you allow the Holy Spirit to speak His wisdom to you? Ask for His grace to expand your capacity to wait on Him to be strengthened in Him.
REFERENCES
Philippians 4:6-9; Colossians 3:14-16