Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding? [God] saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, July 4, 2020
by R. Fergus Moir, Clergy Stuff
Can anyone claim to be truly wise? Or is the mark of a wise person is the humility to recognize that human wisdom is inherently flawed? The only place I can hope to find any wisdom is in communion with God. In all things I can turn over to God whatever confusion and pain I have, and seek counsel in prayer and through others. If I try to fall back on my own so-called wisdom in a vacuum, I am only relying on self, and that will always lead me down the wrong path.
To hold God in appropriate awe and trust God to have my back, to do my best to live with integrity and listen to God’s call, this is the beginning—just the beginning—of wisdom.
God, help me recognize my need for you in all things. Amen.
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