{"id":2095,"date":"2022-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2022-11-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:00:00","slug":"ask-god-for-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/ask-god-for-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask God for wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solomon said: \u2018<i>Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honour you<\/i>.\u2019 (Proverbs\u00a04:5\u20138\u00a0NIV) There are many ways to gain wisdom: <\/p>\n<p>(1) <i>Gleaning from the collective knowledge of others<\/i>. \u2018<i>By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom<\/i>.\u2019 (Proverbs\u00a013:10\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n<p>(2) <i>Thinking outside the box<\/i>. Statements like, \u2018This is the way we have always done things around here,\u2019 warrant scrutiny when they\u2019re used to defend ways that no longer work. <\/p>\n<p>(3) <i>Writing down and reflecting on what you have learned through experience<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>(4) <i>Not rushing to closure<\/i>. Growth is always a work in progress. Creativity is untidy and can be unnerving. The ability to stay focused and faith-filled in the midst of change is a hallmark of growth and maturity. But the ultimate source of wisdom is God\u2019s Word! <\/p>\n<p>\u2018<i>For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding<\/i>.\u2019 (Proverbs\u00a02:6\u00a0NKJV)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<i>The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy<\/i>.\u2019 (James\u00a03:17\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n<p>\u2018<i>I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you<\/i>.\u2019 (Psalm\u00a032:8\u00a0NKJV) Refuse to live an unexamined life. Refuse to live an uncommitted life. Refuse to live an unguided life. Today, ask God for wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solomon said: \u2018Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt [&hellip;]<\/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\/2095"}],"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=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}