As you may or may not know, I’m currently pursuing my Masters in Counseling. Yesterday we discussed assessing a client’s reliability, judgment, and insight. We discussed that many problems arise for people when they have insight and lack judgment. This would be when someone knows exactly what their problem is and how to fix it but continually makes poor decisions.
I immediately thought of the many times in my own life and in the life of my Christian sisters where we know what the Bible says and what God wants for us, yet we continue to choose sin. We ignore wisdom as if God hasn’t revealed any direction whatsoever in His word.
How many of us know that we probably shouldn’t repeat that story we overheard at church because we know gossip is wrong, but we get caught up in the drama while talking with the other ladies and spill it all anyways. How many of us know we should hold our tongue but choose to lash out anyways. How many of us know that we shouldn’t continue a relationship that isn’t glorifying to God but we seek the approval of the world instead and carry on.
How many of us know that we should tithe our 10% but choose fear over trust in God’s provision. How many of us know that God will watch over our families and loved ones but we choose worry and anxiousness instead. How many of us know that our children need discipline as the Bible calls for but we fear the judgment of the world instead. How many of us know that we’re called to pray in every situation but choose worldly solutions instead.
So often we know the wisdom that God has provided for us in His word but we lack the discernment and judgment to make the right decisions. We have got to stop. How offended our God must be when we knowingly choose to ignore the wisdom He has provided us with....
Proverbs 3:21-23-My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way in safety and your foot will not stumble
God’s word makes it very clear that when we choose discernment and sound judgment, we will not stumble. Why do we continue to choose stumbling? God has more for us. We were created for more than that.
Proverbs 17:24- A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
I want wisdom and discernment to always be in my view. I will choose to rebuke the fool in me who would choose this earth over what God has in store for my life.
My prayer for all of us today is the same prayer that Paul prayed over the Philippeans in
Philippeans 1:9- “...that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.”
More often than not, we know exactly which decision to make in any given situation. But we ignore God’s wisdom and throw discernment right out the window. Let’s choose discernment. Let’s choose sound judgment.
In Christ,
Jill
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