I have read widely and have found wisdom in many different sources: from the Hindu Upanishads to modern self-help literature. I have cherry picked bits of wisdom from teachers and writers of many different religions, philosophies and worldviews. Teachers from Gautama Buddha to Dale Carnegie have said true and insightful things. I have drawn good advice from the writings of ancient Stoics and modern psychologists. And all this wisdom from all these sources have helped me live a better life. But one day I will die. And all the success I gained from their advice will die with me. None of that wisdom saved them from death and it will not save me from death. Moreover, none of that wisdom will reconcile me with God and show me how to walk with him. Wisdom will make you successful, but success at what? What I really need is grace to reconcile me with God and the power to do things of eternal significance. Only Jesus saves my soul, and only the Holy Spirit empowers me to fulfil God’s eternal purpose. The world has seen many wise teachers who died with their wisdom. But there is only one divine saviour, Jesus Christ, who conquered death and one Holy Spirit who transforms lives from the inside out. Wisdom is very good. But it is only truly good when it helps us fulfil God’s purpose. Wisdom applied to God’s purpose by those who walk in the Spirit of God is the only wisdom that will matter in the end.
Ask God to transform you by his Spirit.
Read Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
