“Knowledge is exploding at such a rate – more than 2000 pages a
minute – that even Einstein couldn’t keep up.
In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all
you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished”
(Campus Life, February, 1979).
Though this statement was made over thirty-five years ago it is
still applicable today. But it is not
the idea of knowledge on which we, as disciples of Jesus Christ, should focus. Knowledge can be a wonderful and helpful
thing to attain, but it is not knowledge which is required for the disciple of
Christ to grow into spiritual maturity. Far
too many people equate knowledge with wisdom and even far too many more equate
biblical knowledge with biblical wisdom.
Biblical knowledge can be achieved through consistent study of the
Word. Biblical wisdom is only given by
God.
James 1:5-8 addresses the need the disciple of Christ has of
wisdom and the consequences for the one who doubts that God will give
wisdom. What does this wisdom look like
on a practical level as a disciple of Christ?
How should we react when doubts creep into our minds? Why is wisdom so important for the disciple of
Christ? As we explore this next passage of
James may the wisdom of God truly be upon us and may we be open and excited for
the work of the Spirit in us?
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