This is the second and final part of the blog series, on the subject of wisdom and advice. In the first part, we think about who is the source of our wisdom, if you haven’t read it yet, click here to read that.
We all know who to trust and where the source of our wisdom comes from, but we can easily fall into some of the traps we struggle with and examine:
- We were not created to be wise disconnected and detached from God.
- But we tried anyway!We believe that we can rule our own world.
- We believe we are sovereigns.
- As human beings.
- We try all possible ways to get wisdom outside of God: the latest self-help book.
- Legalistic rules.
- Relationship programs.
- Chat shows and TV tips.
- Life coaches.
- Internet forums.
- Google.
- Etc.
- The list is endless.
- The other day I was dating someone who told me he was sick.
- So I asked him.
- “You don’t consult Dr.
- Google.
- Do you?”It turns out that not only.
- But he also ignored his doctor’s advice in favor of his own Internet solution.
- I’m not saying these things can’t help us.
- But they don’t make us expert or wise.
- When it comes to managing people’s lives.
- We must help them recognize the attitudes for which they are wise in their own eyes.
- How stupid they are because of their sins.
- And then address them to Jesus in prayer.
- Repentance.
“Whenever the Council forgets the idols of the heart and focuses solely on horizontal human problems, such as needs and difficulties, the council itself becomes part of the problem and not the solution” (Paul Tripp, “Wisdom in The Council,” p. . 8).
We are idolthers, following, serving or permanently ruled by small substitute gods, which can have eternal consequences, we deceive ourselves by believing that our false idols can satisfy us, which in reality can never, in fact I think they always leave us want more, a satisfaction that they cannot satisfy.
you ask and you do not receive, because you ask wrong, to waste on your pleasures. Unfaithful, don’t you understand that the friendship of the world is God’s enemy?So everyone who wants to be friends with the world is an enemy of God?(Stg 4. 3-4).
Are you the kind of people who buy the lie of idols instead of God? What is more important to you than to God? What do you love so much to regret?
“Legalism, by rejecting grace, raises a human standard to half a donkey, which I can maintain (Paul Tripp, “Wisdom in Counseling,” p. 12).
Sometimes our solutions are useless. It is not only our sins and trials that cause problems, sometimes what we do with them can also be a problem for us. I think more specifically of our habit of creating many rules to help us deal with problems, to change idolatry for legalism, we try to fill the void with many rules, rather than seeking a real change of heart. Listen carefully, I’m not saying that some useful good habits can’t be part of the solution, but on their own they’re not the solution. For example, if your time of devotion is horrible and your relationship with God seems distant, the self-discipline of daily Bible reading will help you create a useful habit; However, you will not be able to resolve or restore your relationship with the Lord if you are simply reviewing the passage in your daily reading plan, to solve the problem you need not only to read, but also to apply the Word to your life.
“Deceptive is the heart, more than anything, and hopelessly corrupt; Who’s going to know him?(Jr 17. 9)
“Madness lives in our behavior because it lives first in our hearts” (Paul Tripp, “Wisdom in The Council”, p. 7).
The heart is the problem. We must get to the heart of the problem, and we do so by constantly teaching God’s Word and who Jesus is.
Jesus’ main ministry to his disciples was to teach them about himself; He taught them the Word, what the Kingdom of God was like, who he was, and why he had come; He gave his followers hard-to-think things, he fried his neurons, he didn’t avoid things that were hard to digest, he loved them enough to ask them difficult, painful and stimulating questions that went to the heart of what was really going on. We must follow your example.
I think GPS is a great invention and taught me a very simple but effective lesson of submission and trust. After entering the address and the GPS calculates the route, the?exit? (that’s what I call mine) starts to tell you where to go, so if you want to get to your destination, all you have to do is follow the instructions, believe that the computer map is correct and finally listen: did you get to the destination ?. Problems arise when I think I know the road better, I don’t trust the computer and I find myself lost and out of my way, so I have to swallow my pride by admitting that I don’t know where I am. I am, and do that?Exit?tells me, when I do this, I reach my destination. It is more or less the same with life, when we think that we know more and do not trust in God and his Word, we end up getting lost miles from where we should be, we have to remember that he knows everything and knows better, we must trust him and obey him. if we are to attain our eternal destiny.
“The key to wisdom is not knowing everything that God knows, memorizing the entire Bible, mastering theology, or guessing God’s secret will in order to understand it and know what He will do next. Rather, the key to wisdom is active, practical and functional trust in Christ Wise men trust Christ with everything they do: work, marriage and understanding of their own identity (Paul Tripp, “Wisdom in Counseling”, p. 10).
We cannot understand life without Christ, as simple as that, yet for some silly, sinful and useless reason, we all try to look at life’s struggles through many things except through the lens of Christ and always wonder why we have a distorted Vision of what is happening. We need the wisdom of God, we must submit to it because without it we are and we will always be fools.
I am a very reserved person; I do not trust and share my intimacy with anyone, not everyone is trustworthy, not everyone is helpful and not everyone gives good and solid advice, there are those who, even Christians, chat, say exactly what you want to hear and give completely. useless, non-biblical advice. The problem is, they don’t walk around with a sign that says “false friend. “So how do you identify someone who can give you good advice?
“A good definition of divine wisdom would be: listen to and make the Word of God. The Word of God is a divine recipe for the ultimate healing of all misfortunes. Wisdom is the practical knowledge of how to achieve this happiness. Therefore, wisdom is to listen to and live the Word of God. But the only people who will do this are people who humbly trust in God, seek help in him, and fear seeking happiness anywhere. Therefore, is the Fear of the Lord the beginning and source of all true wisdom?(John Piper, “Get Wisdom?”, p. 4)
The people we should look for are those who
What does a person in difficulty need? We have nothing to bring but him. To quote a verse from the song “How deep is the father’s love for us?”[At that moment the Father’s love for us] for Stuart Townend:
“I won’t brag about anything. Neither in gifts, nor in power, nor in wisdom; But will I glorify myself in Jesus Christ, in his death and resurrection?”
A person engaged in struggles needs Christ because only he knows and understands everything, he is the very definition of wisdom. It needs your forgiveness, deliverance, restoration, power, reconciliation, and grace. Sometimes the words seem insignificant in relation to the depth of the pain manifested. For the people, we think that there is nothing that can remove sadness and we can easily doubt the sufficiency of Christ in these moments, but the grace of Christ will bring healing, comfort, strengthen, restore, reconcile and allow this person to endure until the end. final.
The wisest thing we can do is direct them to their Savior
Paul Tripp. La wisdom in the council. The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Volume 19, Issue 2, Winter 2001.
Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane. Instruments in the hands of the Redeemer: how to help others change. SEMINAR DVD. Sir. CCEF. New ISBN growth press: 978-1-936768-31-8