Think about the major decisions we make over our lifetime: choosing a mate, deciding where to live, and what career to pursue. Looking back, can you say you have consistently made the wisest choices? <\/p>\n
Jennifer Winquist writes, \u2018We make choices based on what feels best, what\u2019s easiest\u2026 fastest\u2026 makes our kids happy\u2026 shuts up the boss\u2026 stops our problem for the moment\u2026 We buy wants<\/i> instead of saving for necessities. We marry Mr Right-Now<\/i> instead of waiting for Mr Right.<\/i> We eat a bag of chips instead of a bag of carrots\u2026 We don\u2019t plan to fail, but unless we plan to win by making wise choices, we can end up getting the short end of the stick\u2026 Wise choices aren\u2019t usually quick fixes, selfish, or short-term; they involve planning, hard work, sacrifice, and resilience. But the rewards are huge.\u2019 <\/p>\n
James says, \u2018If any of you lack wisdom\u2026 ask\u2026 God\u2026 and it shall be given.\u2019<\/i> (James\u00a01:5\u00a0KJV) The world spends billions of dollars seeking wisdom but, as God\u2019s children, we have the wisdom of the Creator of the universe at our disposal. Furthermore, when you develop the patience and maturity to make the wise<\/i> choice instead of the easy<\/i> one, you never have to live in fear of the outcome. <\/p>\n
John Mason says growing in wisdom means fearing God, pleasing Him, hearing from Him, looking to Him, choosing His way, staying humble before Him, taking His advice, receiving His correction, maintaining a prayer connection with Him, and knowing His Son personally (see Psalm 111:10; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Proverbs 2:6; 3:13; 8:10\u201311; 11:2; 13:10; 29:15; Ephesians 1:16\u201317; 1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a01:30). <\/p>\n
So\u2026 how are you doing with that so far?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Think about the major decisions we make over our lifetime: choosing a mate, deciding where to live, and what career to pursue. Looking back, can you say you have consistently made the wisest choices? Jennifer Winquist writes, \u2018We make choices based on what feels best, what\u2019s easiest\u2026 fastest\u2026 makes our kids happy\u2026 shuts up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}