Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Wisdom

Staying in a guest room this weekend, I noticed a wooden wall plaque with the following quote from Abraham Lincoln:

“I have been driven many times upon my knees

by the overwhelming conviction

that I had nowhere else to go.”

I remembered reading this quote before and remembered that there was more to it than that. So, I looked it up on the Internet, and, sure enough, there was more. Here it is:

“My own wisdom and that of all about me

seemed insufficient for that day.”

If we all remembered the truth of this quote it would save us a lot of trouble and frustration. Here is how the Word of God puts it: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Do you lack wisdom in some situation today? Go in prayer and dependence to the one who declares, “Counsel is Mine, and sound wisdom” (Proverbs 8:14).