Wisdom Better than a Lot Else, and Free for the Asking

Here I am talking about wisdom again. It’s because Ecclesiastes, one of the great wisdom books of all time, brings us back to it often.

Among the things it says are:
Wisdom is better than strength . . .
Wisdom is better than weapons of war . . . 
Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city.*

We get the idea, and could even supply others, like:

Wisdom is better than money, because by wisdom money is gained.

(Or saved.)

Wisdom is better than vision because one can imagine more than one can see.

Or, wisdom is better than beauty of face; it continues to grow and doesn’t fade. 

Wisdom, as I see it, is the sense of what to do and how to do it . . . which will be unique to every situation.

Everybody has wisdom in some measure (okay, not the fool); some have it in spades. Everyone, at moments, can use more, and the good thing is we can have more for the asking.**

I ask for it often.

I ask for it when I’m stuck. Often as not the situation I’m stuck in is of my own making. I ask, and it comes.

Wisdom is essential for the creative process. That process starts with some question, always the birth of a new thing. The question, clearly formed, describes the problem. Creativity then is merely problem solving, which is wisdom’s joyous work.

A prayer for creativity is a prayer for wisdom.

But back to our scripture: Why is wisdom better than strength? Because strength may falter, or may not be strong enough; but wisdom will find a way.

Why is it better than weapons of war? History is full of the larger army defeated by the smaller with wisdom on its side.

And why is one man with wisdom more powerful than ten rulers? Because he faces life as it is, not how he wishes it was. And he’s humble, not trying to change what he can’t.

Choose wisdom. Seek it. Sit at it’s feet.

The measure you have of it is the measure you’ll have of a whole lot else.

Put in your request.

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*  Ecclesiastes 9:16, 18, 7:19
**James 1:5

Next: Much Dreaming and Much Talk of Little Use. Coming Monday.