Walk Wisely and Joyfully...with Jesus

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  The joy that comes from a relationship with Jesus, also brings with it spiritual wisdom.

            Do you desire wisdom?  I’m not speaking of intelligence or being smart by the world’s standards—which is great! I’m not knocking that!  How often I wish I were smarter in many areas.  But what I’d like for us to focus on today is the wisdom that comes from seeing things from God’s perspective…and then responding to them according to scriptural principles. This is how Charles Stanley explains wisdom: “Seeking heavenly opinions on earthly circumstances.”

            In Stanley’s book Walking Wisely, he suggests that there are five reasons God desires for us to walk in wisdom:

1. God desires for us to become all that He created us to be.
2. God desires for us to accomplish all of the work that He sets before us to do.
3. God desires for us to receive, to experience and to enjoy all the blessings He desires to pour into out lives.
4. God desires for our lives to bring glory to Him.
5. God desires that we avoid all the pitfalls associated with foolish living.

If these 5 reasons are accurate, then we have one choice if we want to “walk wisely”.  James 1:5 tells us: “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”

      Let’s make it a daily part of our routine to go before the Lord asking for a generous serving of wisdom AND joy!