Wisdom 101

As students are going back to school, I wanted to share some notes taken from a recent sermon by Pastor Lee Fancois. While I'm sitting here, thinking of how to put it all together, I'm reminded of 1. Corinthians 13:2 "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge . . . but have not love, I gain nothing."

• Wisdom is never merely intellectual, but always practical. Knowledge can tell you the shortest distance, between two points, but wisdom will know the best route.


• The person who has wisdom is humble and listens to advice.
  Proverbs 11:2 “With humility comes wisdom.”
  Proverbs 13:10 “Wisdom is found in those who take advice.


• Wisdom is always relational in its application. If we don’t apply what we know to be true, then we are not wise.


• God’s wisdom is always counter intuitive to the word’s wisdom.
  James 3:17 “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, good fruit, impartial and sincere."


• Wisdom is directly proportional to our relationship with God.
  Psalm 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

There are plenty of tests to determine how smart you are, but tests don't determine how wise you are. (LF)