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Tuesday: Read Psalm 111

There’s a vast difference between information and wisdom. Information is as accessible as a reliable source. If you have a readily accessible source, it’s easy to get information.  Wisdom, on the other hand, is something very different. Wisdom is like learning a skill, where you have to develop muscle memory. But muscle memory doesn’t happen overnight.  It must be learned and developed over time and repeated practice. The wisdom that translates into a meaningful way of life must be cultivated. The writers of the Hebrew Bible called it “the fear of the Lord” and today we might call it reverence.  The implication is that when we live in reverence to God we begin to understand the will of the Lord and then to put it into practice in our daily lives. What does it look like, then to practice “the “fear of the Lord” in daily life?  It seems to me that Jesus is one who lived his whole life in reverence to God. Jesus summarized this lifestyle in different words that are familiar to us all, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength” and “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I can think of no better way to define “the fear of the LORD” than to say that it is a way of living that puts those two great principles into practice in all of life. Why is information so easy to come by and wisdom so rare? What spiritual practices help you develop wisdom? How does living in reverence to God help you to more genuinely love others? 

Prayer: May I continue to cultivate wisdom that I may live in reverence to you, O God. Amen.

 

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