God's Wisdom is Better than the World's Wisdom

Jesus Christ did not save born-again believers to be able to become their genie in a bottle affording them all their desires.

Christ came to save sinners to allow them to love Him and others. He saved us from our natural selves to glorify Him in all we do.

When we love Christ and desire His will we are given far more than the blessings of this world, we are given wisdom that will endure for eternity and a life in paradise with Him where we will understand why worshiping Him and obeying His principles give us the best life anyone could have.

Our miseries on this earth are small compared to what we learn from them and our reward in heaven.

Romans 8:18

"18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us."

We cannot have great wisdom without boot camp. We cannot become strong without trials to show us things we would not otherwise understand.

Strength in this life comes from Christ in us as we obey His principles and believe His promises. If we do not obey and are unsure about His promises then we cannot expect to gain wisdom and sturdiness to remain faithful to Him in a world that presses on all sides to win us to its ways. We can resist because our Spiritual muscles have become like iron.

When we challenge one another to greater holiness we sharpen that iron, forcing us to face the truth about ourselves while willing to submit to Christ.

Proverbs 27:17

"17 As iron sharpens iron,

So one person sharpens another."

It is only a worldly person who is more concerned about the feelings of others than they are about the Spiritual and emotional growth that leads to greater blessing.

This world has nothing to offer the born-again believer in terms of wisdom, just the opposite, everything the world does works against the wisdom of God. What the world calls wisdom is foolishness to God.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 "18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” 20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”…"