Where do you seek wisdom from? Is it wisdom of the world or wisdom found in God? I think we often get caught up in seeking knowledge and discernment. Sometimes it is easy to learn from more concrete sources in the world. But we know that the wisest man is still foolish compared to God’s wisdom.
How have you sought out wisdom during this Lenten season? Where have you asked God to shed light on a path for you to follow? I fully believe that true wisdom comes from seeking the face of God. I picked today’s song, “Give Us Clean Hands,” because the basics of this prayer always strike powerfully. “Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts, let us not lift our souls to another.” May we stay focused on where God is leading us. “O God, let us be a generation that seeks, seeks your face, oh God of Jacob.” This is my prayer for generations to come. No matter where we are, in the wilderness or on the mountain top, may we humble ourselves down and seek God’s face. God’s wisdom. God’s love.
Scripture to Meditate on:
1 Corinthians 1:18-25, ESV
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach[a] to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Others to read: Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19; John 2:13-22
Song of Meditation:
Give Us Clean Hands by Shane and Shane