Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Smart or Wise?
Which would you rather be?
I think this is a choice which the wise consciously make because they recognise that wisdom is more than what you know and what you say, more than how you act with what you do not know and react to what is not said. Wisdom is so much more that the wise speak in riddles and parables so that we can understand.
Is wisdom a natural progression of being smart? Does it grow in proportion to knowledge? Or is wisdom a character attribute? In which case, increasing knowledge to gain wisdom can only get us so far. Can character attributes be trained? I guess you can learn patience, but how do you learn something without knowing what it looks like? What does wisdom look like? Or is seeking wisdom like the man who chases the wind? Where do we begin in our quest for wisdom?
Pro 1:7 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Job 29:28 "The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding."
Dan
4:53 pm
