The Pursuit of Wisdom | Andy Elmes | 30th July 2023

Family Church Portsmouth

Today Pastor Andy speaks about the pursuit of Wisdom. In Proverbs 4, the Bible instructs us to get wisdom at any cost. Andy's message concentrates on the pursuit of wisdom form a Godly point of view. We need to ensure we do not turn our backs on God's wisdom, relying on wisdom from worldly sources. We must question ourselves regarding our philosophy here - is it correct? Where do we obtain the wisdom which we most love in our lives? Worldly wisdom leads to captivity, whereas Godly wisdom provides freedom to live as we never experienced beforehand.

Pastor Andy mentions the verses in Colossians 2:8 and following where Paul embraced God's wisdom resulting in life changes just as we need to now. Ultimately, we need to make a decision to follow the wisdom of Jesus and not that of the world. God and The Word must become our primary source. In James 1:5 the scripture speaks about how if we lack wisdom we should ask God who will give generously without finding fault in our lives (under the sub title of Trials and Temptations).

In Ephesians 1:17 and following we are instructed to keep asking the God of our Lord Jesus to give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in order that we may know Him better. The verses which follow also speak about the eyes of our hearts being enlightened so we may know the hope of which He has called us, His glorious inheritance in His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe - the same power which raised Christ from the dead!!

We have a decision to make - do we contend or pursue the wisdom of God?, perhaps we need to humble ourselves and admit that often we do not know that which we do not know!