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WALKING IN WISDOM
Before you can walk in wisdom,
you need to know what it is. Many
people think that wisdom is being
cunning or smart. No! Wisdom is
the unveiling of heavenly secrets
for earthly triumph. Wisdom is not
common sense, it is scriptural
sense.
In Mathew 7:24 Jesus described a
wise man as
??Whosoever heareth
these sayings of mine and doeth
them
?? So, the journey to wisdom
begins with hearing. Proverbs 1:5
also says,
?A wise man will hear??
In other words, a foolish man is
one who speaks more than he
hears; a fool is full of words
(Ecclesiastes 10:14). I want to
believe that the reason God made
man with two ears and one mouth
is so that he can hear more than he
speaks. He expects that before you
speak once, you should hear twice.
That is why most wise men are
always slow to speak, they are
never in a hurry to air their views,
they weigh issues before they
speak. So, speaking all the time is
not a mark of strength, God gave
you two ears as against one
mouth, so that your degree of
learning can be higher than your
speaking.
Have you ever thought about the
fact that hearing doesn
?t get people
into trouble as much as speaking
does? The Bible says,
??Let every
man be swift to hear, slow to
speak
?? (James 1:19). When you
meet a man who says, ?I like to
speak all my mind?, he is simply
exhibiting foolishness. The Bible
says,
?A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it till
afterwards
? (Prov 29:11)
Hearing is a virtue you must
cultivate if you want to walk in
wisdom. Even Jesus our perfect
example said,
?As I hear so I
speak.? He wasn?t speaking any
how. As a twelve year old boy, one
day His parents were looking for
Him and after three days,
??They
found him in the temple, sitting in
the midst of the doctors, both
hearing

them, and asking
them
questions? (Luke 2:46). He was
hearing before asking.
A foolish man will never ask
question. In his pride he pretends
to know everything. If you want to
become great in life, be a good
listener. Those who listen today
will have something to speak
tomorrow. After Jesus had listened
to the doctors as a boy, when He
started His ministry and He began
to speak, the people were always
astonished at His doctrines and
answers. Those who don
?t hear
well today, can?t give good
answers tomorrow. If you want to
become a man of answers be a
man of good hearing. Don
?t be in a
hurry to show people what you
know and what you have, hear
what they have to say and pick
lesions from them. From the wise
you learn how to be wise and from
the foolish you learn how not to be
foolish. You know, if you hear
something you don
?t like, you can
reprogram your mind to push it
aside, but once you speak a word
you can
?t collect it back; you can?t
un-say what you have said. So, be
swift to hear and slow to speak.
Even in your prayer time, learn to
hear from God rather than
speaking all the time.
Mediate on these: 1 Peter 3:4,
Isaiah 50


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