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Falling Away

There is no experience more painful than grief over the loss of a dearly loved one. That pain is so penetrating it cuts not only through the heart but into your faith, too. Sadly, grief will not be the only challenger of your faith. You will experience bitter disappointment or may suffer an unjust consequence or violence. You might even lose your health or abilities to injury or disease. When suffering like this after having given yourself to Jesus and trying so hard to walk the good walk, it would be understandable that you find it difficult to hold onto your faith.

There may be other reasons your faith is attacked, for the enemy is an insidious beast. You may think you are doing all the right things as a believer but do not see the promised blessings coming to you. You may pray passionately and often and think that God does not hear you or care to answer you. Perhaps there is no joy in your acts of service because no one seems to be grateful for your efforts. Maybe a friend demeans your faith and worship and belittles you in such a way that you wonder if Christian living is a worthy endeavor. At some point, one or more of these circumstances will become yours. Your spiritual strength will become weak, and you will wonder what to do or where to turn. You might even tell yourself you no longer believe.

Friend, we all have seasons of doubt, and when you are in that season, know that you are not alone. Many people begin to lose faith in God following cruel or unbearable life experiences. Feeling frustrated when your life takes an unexpected turn is understandable and okay. It is okay to be angry at God when you think he is not listening to you. But when you feel this distance from God, remember that he is not at all distant from you. His presence is constant, and he is closer to your situation than you may think. This is the time when you should call out to him. Bring to him your pain, frustration, and unmet expectations, knowing that he is a good Father and he cares about your concerns. He won’t shame or condemn you. Be honest with him because he already knows what you think and feel. He is not angry with you for having doubts or struggling with unbelief; he understands your weaknesses and has compassion and empathy for you in these moments.

This may seem counterintuitive, but when you feel as though you are falling away from God, kneel and pray. Confess your unbelief and ask that it be restored. Continue to worship him. God wants you to reach out to him in faith, even when your faith seems to be slipping away. He wants you to trust him even when it seems there is very little reason to do so. Summon up the resolve to continue your relationship with God. He will not refuse you but will welcome you back, for he promised that all who seek him will indeed find him.

My friend, do not keep your failing faith a secret and attempt to restore it by yourself. God wants you in fellowship with other Christians so that you can be helped when you are burdened. The more you hide and pretend, the worse the challenge will become. I am, as are your other friends in Christ, ready to pray with you and encourage you through the time. Share your doubts with someone strong in the faith who would have the wisdom and discernment, as well as the compassion, to guide you back to belief. Not only will you experience the blessing of working out your faith with someone who desires your success in that endeavor, but you might also be surprised and helped at the same time to learn that even the most passionate evangelists have experienced falling away from God. 

I pray that you never begin to fall away, but should you, let a brother or sister help you, my friend. You will be reminded that grace is unmerited, and Christ’s love is unconditional; and because of that, you have not, nor cannot lose your salvation. May knowing that people are interceding on your behalf give you the determination to be restored to the initial joy you had when you were sure of God and trusted his ways. May the Holy Spirit bring you peace and solace and fill your thoughts with the goodness of God. And may all the angels sing when the lost sheep is found! Amen.

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Loss and Grief

Friend, life is full of contrasts and juxtapositions. We will travel over mountains and go through valleys. We will enjoy pleasures and will suffer toils. We will have both victories and losses. One of the most challenging contrasts a man will wrestle with is this: how can a loving and compassionate God permit a loved one to die and break our hearts in such a devastating way? It is permissible to ask this question, and I have done so myself. I remember well my first heartbreak after losing to the grave someone dear to me. Grief is a powerful, even tormenting, emotion, one that Christ himself experienced at the loss of a friend. Yet, Jesus did not weep over the death itself because he knew his friend, Lazarus, would soon be raised from the dead, and ultimately, they would enjoy each other’s company again in eternity in Heaven. The tears of Jesus were actually tears of joy.

We have this same hope for each other and all those we love who also believe in Christ. You must hold onto this truth to help you bear with your suffering in grief, and you must teach it to everyone, especially those you love so dearly. You now live in a broken world, one that is beneath Heaven and less in every way than our glorious future home. Unfortunately, our broken world includes all the painful consequences of sin, even death, and you must endure them for a time. Your sins deserve all manner of griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. You are saved from ruin, however, by the grace you have in Christ, who took your sins and just punishment upon himself. If you believe in him, you, too, have victory over death and will rise to live and love again. Joy in everlasting life is the great reward for the Christian. The joy you will have in all that awaits you in Heaven more than outweighs all the causes for your sorrows today.

I must warn you that my words here are easy to accept when you are not in the depths of sorrow, but it will be quite a different matter when your heart is broken with grief. You will be tempted to pray that God will not take your beloved child or companion. In that time, you must remember that making your requests with confidence does not mean that God will grant everything you might ask of him. If your request is not consistent with his will, when one of the most passionate and legitimate prayers of your life seems to go unanswered, you may feel abandoned and think God has let you down. Your faith may be shaken so badly that you doubt all the wonderful things I have been teaching you. This is an understandable reaction, and I assure you, a temporary one. Your pain will never be completely gone because you will always be aware of a beloved one’s absence. But just as you might be filled with eager anticipation about the arrival of a cherished guest here on Earth, you can have that same anticipation about a reunion in Heaven. It may take your heart a bit to mend and begin to feel this anticipation, but it will come, and what a relief it will be for you.

Child of God, you will not be spared grief, but thanks be to Christ, neither will you be denied reunion. Believe this, and you will be uplifted by hope. May the unbelievers marvel at your composure as you suffer loss and grief and come to you begging to understand the reason for the hope that you have. Godspeed in that moment!

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Worry and Doubt

Beloved friend, take heart and do not worry. I know that is easier said than done, but worrisome thoughts distract you from that which you should dwell on, your Father in Heaven. So do your best to conquer your worry. There is much in life you cannot control, and there will be mysteries for which you may never find answers. So if you give in to worry, it will be your shadow, always following you. God cares for all of his creation from the birds in the sky, to the lilies of the field, to you. It is true that all things are not good, but God is working all things out for your good. Have faith that his plan for you is a good plan and believe that he does not want you to be made ineffective with worry and doubt.

Like worry, doubt is the handiwork of your enemy. Doubt about the truth of God will lead you to doubt that he was able to part the Red Sea, there once was a day longer than twenty-four hours because the sun did not set, Jonah survived in the belly of a whale, Jesus turned water into wine, and more than that, he rose from the dead. When you dismiss these and other miracles on the basis of their challenge to your powers of reason, you put aside the very evidence given to you that God is greater than anything you can comprehend. So, set aside worldly reason and just believe in God. Believe that God is God and, therefore, not limited to what you or I can understand. Praise him that he is grand on a scale far beyond our comprehension!

God gave you life, and he will see that it is nourished, if you would just trust in him. Turn away from worldly concerns, call on the Lord, and all things needed will be given to you. Do your duty with a full trust in God that he will see that you do not go without necessary things. Instead of worrying, lay your case before God, not as a complaint but with thanks for his mercy, and you will find the peace that comes after putting all in the hands of the one who is able and willing to help you prosper in righteousness.

Remember, worry and doubt are common struggles that stem from a lack of faith in God and his provision for you and can negatively affect your spiritual growth and relationship with him. Worry and doubt can be difficult to overcome, but by focusing on your faith in God and bringing your worries and doubts to him in prayer, you will find peace in him. It is equally important to remember that God is in control and that he has had from the beginning of time a most thorough and appropriate plan for your life. Put your faith in and seek peace of mind in him. On that foundation, you can overcome your worry and doubt. There is no need for anxiety when you place your trust in God’s good plan for you.

However, I urge you to be patient about this matter. God hears your prayers and pleas but answers in his own time. As with any trial, you must have patient endurance as you work through the strengthening of your confidence in God. Do not in impatient haste throw away your confidence but hold yourself up in unrelenting prayer. In time, when you have resisted doubt and believed God, you will be richly rewarded for your righteousness. May it always be so!

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Trials and Suffering

I must tell you, there will be trials and suffering throughout your life, but take courage, for God is with you! Life includes pain and disappointment, so we must learn to bear with and endure suffering with expectancy and patience. Much suffering will come through no fault of your own, and it must be endured, not fought off as if it were unjust in its consequences. You can bear it with peace. To bear it bitterly and unwillingly only increases its weight. To think yourself undeserving during suffering is to resist the purpose of the trial. If you recognize the opportunity to submit to the will of God, the trial mercifully lightens as its purpose and profit are revealed to you.

Living a good life does not depend on continuous health and happiness but on understanding that what God has in store for you in time to come far exceeds any suffering you might endure today. Trials will remind you of your dependence on God. They are not designed to confound and discourage you, but to reveal your faith and will to you. God will make use of trials for your own good, to teach or show you something he knows will be to your ultimate benefit. We cannot see the extent of our future trials but be assured God supplies you with the strength and grace necessary to endure all trials. Even though your body or mind may waste away or be threatened with death, your spiritual strength will be constantly renewed if you depend on God and trust in what is unseen and yet to come.

You will also experience suffering simply because you are a believer in Christ. You will experience unpopularity, persecution, ridicule, sacrifice, and the toil of the Christian life. You could understandably think God’s plan for you is always going to be a “good” plan, one with the intent of making your life overflow with joy and abundance. Yet, that is not true, for the Lord disciplines those he loves. Please understand his plans are not just to benefit you alone. He very likely intends to use you to teach or bless those around you. 

God has a hopeful end in mind for you, if only you would wholeheartedly submit to him and wait patiently for it. In all conditions of life, it is our duty to live peaceful lives, patiently leaving it to God to work deliverance for us in due time. He will give us not the expectations of our fears but the expectations of our faith. What we receive, he has promised, will be what is best for us.

Always be prepared to give an answer when asked to explain the hope that you have during trials and suffering. Even if you should suffer for doing or saying what is right, you are blessed. If it is God’s will, a harvest of righteousness and peace is your reward for not becoming weary of doing what is right. Evil will try to undo good works, but boldly facing evil strengthens what is good. Give in to your trials, and you begin to turn away from God. But remain faithful and pray to the Lord, and your appeals will be heard. You and your faith will be strengthened as a result of your trials and suffering. Remember, the Christian life has a certain blessedness that runs through it, ultimately concluding in your immeasurable joy. May you hold on to see this day! Amen.

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Self-Control

Child of God, you cannot simply dismiss your bad behavior by saying, “That’s just how I am.” To do that is to be unapologetic for the hurt or embarrassment you may cause to others. May self-control be one of your defining traits. Self-control not only of your temper, but also your tongue. Be careful not to act or speak rashly, especially in anger. Under the influence of anger, you will be tempted to display conduct very different from God’s righteousness. If Christ is in you, then so too must be self-control.

You may not believe me at first, but you are able to control yourself. Self-control is a fruit of the spirit, a gift within each of us, but one that must be mastered. To master self-control, you must be aware of how you feel and think about what is on your mind. You must consider what the outcome will be if you were to express your raw emotions, say what is on your mind, or continue to think about someone with malice in your heart. If the outcome is likely something that God would condemn, put an immediate stop to the thoughts or feelings that are leading you astray.

Whenever you have doubts about whatever you are doing or considering, stop it immediately. Your doubt is the Holy Spirit reminding you to do only what is right in the sight of God. If you are about to choose what is not pleasing to him, he will give you a sense of restraint, one which you must heed. Stay alert; keep your senses sharp before God. The body is weak; guard against its temptation with prayer, relying on God’s strength and giving him praise for his power to bless you with self-control.

Self-indulgence disgraces the Lord, for it was his self-sacrifice that gave you the promise of life. It also discourages other Christians who may be weak in their faith and look to you as an encourager. Pursue what is right and acknowledge Christ with your unselfish conduct. If you know how to do the right thing and choose not to, your sin is greater because of your knowledge. But if you conquer temptation and give yourself entirely to God, he will work mightily in you. Be aware of temptation at all times, and always deny yourself selfish or dishonest gains.

Please, do not think yourself able to resist temptation and carelessly expose yourself to it. One cannot both indulge in the deeds of darkness and wear the armor of light. Light represents truth, knowledge, and holiness. Darkness represents ignorance, error, falsehood, and sin. Darkness will keep you from being a productive Christian. Unholy behavior thrives in darkness, but the children of God need no hiding place. Love the Lord and let his light shine through you as you master your thoughts and actions. May you never lose an opportunity to represent Christ well because of your lack of self-control. Amen!

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Endurance

Life is full of joy, but it includes pain and consequences, too. Remember that you are not yet in Heaven where all is perfect; rather, you are living in a broken world where trials and disappointment abound. Therefore, it is important that you understand that in this life, you are not destined for happiness or health but for holiness. Accept the consequences as they come without any complaints. Don’t wallow in self-pity. Instead, look to God to help you endure the pain and consequences of life while in this temporary, less-than-perfect world. Let God separate you from every affection and desire not grounded in him and his glory. After you have endured a few trials while trusting in the Lord, trials will trouble you less and less. You will have realized that God is more than enough.

How do you keep on going along the path of obedience to Christ, you might ask; how do you keep going month after month for years or decades when there are countless disappointments, obstacles, betrayals, and failures, even grief, in your journey? If you put your hope in the sovereign grace and power of God and not in your own strength, or in the approval of others, or in fleeting pleasures, or the praise of mere men, you will endure anything as your faith remains steadfast in Christ. He will not require anything of you for which he does not provide the necessary wisdom, strength, and guidance for your eventual victory. Because he is faithful, you must be faithful; you must endure hardship and keep your heart and mind open to his leading.

It is a painful and difficult lesson, but you must learn to take for good whatever God sends in your direction, however bitter to the taste and painful to the heart and bones it may be. He is trying to teach you something or is using you to teach something to someone else (it is a great honor to be used in such a way). Both are his praiseworthy prerogatives; submit to either objective. You know that all around you there are signs of evil and subversions of the truth. You must stand firm and look beyond these things to the Lord Jesus Christ. In the face of long-suffering or an experience of evil perpetrated against you, stick to your belief, a belief anchored not on the philosophy or opinions of man, but on the promises of God and his offer of salvation and delivery through the atoning work of Jesus Christ. The promises of God will help you to endure whatever may come.

Please remember this — in stubbornness, you refuse the Lord, but in submissiveness, you trust in him who is merciful and just. Do not love the world and its fickle promises and make your guilt and condemnation greater. But turn away from the world and its unholy allure and murmurs that your life is unfair and go to Christ with a broken and remorseful spirit, and you will be gladly received and restored.

Please be assured that God is not unjust; he will not forget your good deeds and the love you show him as you help your neighbors to endure as well. Continue in your enduring love of the Lord and service to your neighbors, demonstrating for others who suffer that they, too, may lay hold of the full assurance of hope found in Christ. I pray that your trials be few in number, that you endure them well, and you be reassured knowing a heavenly home without disappointments is your reward for what you may endure today. Amen.

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Simplicity

Friend, do not overcomplicate your life. Avoid letting your mind become preoccupied with your circumstances, as this hinders your understanding of the will of God. Complications steal joy and bring frustration. A simple Christian life is a surrendered life — a life where temporary worldly pleasures have no power and hold over you but rather can be set aside in favor of rest, worship, and acts of service. Such simplicity offers moments for quiet meditation in which God may reveal himself to you. You are called to live a simple life, free from the distractions and excesses of the world. Only then will your focus be on God and his kingdom.

Please understand that the great enemy of simplicity is a hunger for this world. The Christian is the person to whom his relationship with God through Christ is his greatest love. If instead, you set your heart on having earthly possessions, uninterrupted happiness, constant pleasure, and luxurious comfort, you are quite vulnerable, for you might lose these temporary things at any moment. Such a person can easily be disappointed and desperately hurt. On the other hand, if you give to Jesus Christ the highest place of honor in your life, you are right with God, and nothing on Earth can take that away from you.

The life I wish for you is not a life where you relentlessly deny yourself of things that might bring you comfort and pleasure. Instead, I wish for you to live a life focused on what is truly important, not distracted or tempted by things that are of no eternal value. A simple Christian life is letting go of everything that might hinder your walk with God and opening your heart and mind to embrace God as your greatest treasure, freeing yourself to live a life of willful commitment and humble obedience to him. The pursuit of things, power, reputation, and applause will only hinder the enjoyment of a simple life centered on God.

Living a simple life will also enable you to be more in tune with the needs of others. When you simplify your life, and when you are less preoccupied with what you must do to maintain your complicated life, you become better able to see and respond to the needs of others. When living a simple life, you will become more open to serving others and living out the teachings of Jesus Christ. I assure you, busyness will rob you of this great pleasure. Remember, too, that a simple life is a less stressful life, and that is good for everyone you love.

I pray that you be blessed with the discernment to know what to deal with and what to leave alone, what to pursue and what not to pursue. May you learn to live each moment in his presence, giving yourself completely to him and the plans he has for you. May he be pleased with each and every day of your life as you learn to be satisfied with your daily bread, serving as an example to others that wealth, possessions, busyness, and constant striving do not always result in joy. Be content with leading a simple life. May it be so!

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Surrender

I urge you to surrender your will, your knowledge, your reason, your experience, your motives, your time, your treasure, your plans, your future, your desires, your comfort — your everything — to God. And not simply to God, but to God and his ways, his purpose, and his desire to bring you into a right relationship with himself. This is a challenging request, to be sure, but God is sovereign, and you are not. There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations. The sovereignty of God is not merely that God has the power and right to govern all things, including his creation, man (you), but that he does govern all things, always and without exception, in your life as well as in mine. Surrender to his authority, and all will be well for you.

Friend, do not love the world and its temporary distractions. Learn to be disinterested in the world and what it expects of you and concentrate instead on God. Love him more than yourself and his glory more than approval and praise for yourself. This requires you to hold his will in higher regard than your own. Nothing about the world can be enjoyed in its proper perspective until you lay down your will and surrender yourself completely to God. To surrender is to accept whatever God sends and do nothing to try to change it. Do not allow pride and ambition to keep you from becoming who God, in his mercy, designed you to be. Do not trust your own power or knowledge. Your aim should not be greatness but humility, to surrender completely, to become lowly rather than haughty in spirit, to be concerned only with how to glorify God.

Beloved, this is the confidence you have in approaching God: that if you ask for anything according to his will, he hears you. Submit yourself, then, to God. Come near to him, and he will come near to you. Do not be foolish, but understand and remember what the Lord’s will is, that you turn away from your own will, which, being of the flesh, will always lead you astray.

God graciously provided you and me with Jesus as the cure for our sins. It is best that you place complete confidence in him as your means for partaking in the eternal life to come, that blessed fellowship with God. Remember that God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through his willing sacrifice. Christ is the gift, which is sufficient evidence of God’s love for you. Submit yourself to Christ, then, and believe in his power to restore you to a right relationship with God. He who believes in the Son is not condemned. Those who believe in Jesus will receive God’s special love, and they shall never perish but shall be saved with everlasting salvation. It is good for you in every way to accept this truth, and surrender all, once and for all, to God, your Creator, and Jesus, your Savior.

I know it sounds odd to forego your own will, to lay your plans aside and rid yourself of all hunger for power and control. You will struggle over and over again to surrender completely, just as I do. But I promise you, the more you seek God’s will rather than your own, the better your life will be. I pray you learn to yield and that you do so with a joyful heart. May it be so!

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Pride and Humility

Dear friend, one who is so loved and treasured, I know it would be easy for you to think too much of yourself. You are not alone; I wrestle with this shortcoming as well. Indeed, humility is not an easy sign of character to develop. It is a hard thing to master, but master it you must. To be humble is good in every situation. God does not want us to think too highly of ourselves. Instead, he wants us to think lowly and soundly of ourselves. The reason for this is he wants you to accept that humility is the right understanding of who you are before himself. Your humility before God is where you must start in your endeavors to develop this important trademark of a believer. You need to be humble before God and dependent on him, always seeking his will. To be humble before God means to recognize that you are not self-sufficient; rather, you depend on God for all that you need. All you have comes from him, for you can create nothing for yourself. I hope that by now this fact is well established in your understanding.

No one is perfect, not me, not even you. The pursuit of perfection is a tool the enemy uses to reduce you to a state of self-pity. When you focus on what you don’t have, you fail to recognize what you do have. When you are more occupied with achieving perfection than with appreciating how you have already been blessed, shortcomings, imperfections, and all, you may blame God for your circumstances rather than thank him as you should. God knows your defects and why he gave them to you. He did so that you would find peace in him, not the world nor in yourself, so that his glory would shine through in you just as he made you. Do not let yourself get caught up with thoughts that you need more, or that you must be more. Be satisfied in the perfection of Jesus’s love for you and the way in which God designed you. And thus satisfied, be bighearted and accepting of the weaknesses and imperfections of others.

Remember that true humility compels you to look after the interests of others before looking after your own interests. Humility never threatens, insults, or ridicules. Humility produces in you a kind and unassuming spirit, which is easy for others to befriend. Humility is not a weakness but a quiet strength rooted in self-control and deference. The goal of humility is not so much self-denial as it is self-restraint so that others might be lifted up and encouraged.

When pride and conceit arise within you, look quickly to Jesus for your example. Although he was from the highest place, Jesus spent time with the lowest of the low, showing that his mercy and grace are for all. Let there be harmony and a spirit of agreement wherever you go, for the way to secure grace more abundantly is to be humble before the Lord. Be humble with others, just as Jesus is with you. Swallow your pride and do not point out your humble nature, for even that would be to brag. Every hint of pride must be cast aside. Always be humble, looking to the interests of others, and you will abound in loving, wholesome friendship with everyone.

I heard of a man who claimed to have disciplined himself so well that he had achieved a life without sin. I suppose he had forgotten that self-righteousness is a deadly form of pride and among the worst sins. I pray that your heart would fill with humility, and that you would love and honor God in a meek and grateful spirit. Amen.

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Knowledge and Wisdom

Knowledge is its own temptation, so do not seek knowledge only to lift yourself up. Too much reasoning is a great hindrance to the nurturing of a spiritual life, for it always leads to pride in oneself. It is far better to feed spiritual hunger than intellectual curiosity. God tells us to be still and know that he is God. He teaches us that with much human wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more worldly knowledge, more grief. Christ tells us we are to receive the kingdom of God like a little child, with wide-eyed wonder, joy, and gratitude. This is true wisdom. It is wise to trust God and enjoy your life as he unfolds it for you than to pursue wisdom for selfish gain, especially if your hope is to add to your life anything other than more of God. It is better to reason less and be happy and do good while we are alive, for you cannot know the number of your days. You cannot add an hour to your life with human knowledge and wisdom.

Yet, righteous wisdom is a valuable trait that is highly prized in the Christian faith. It is the ability to understand and apply righteous knowledge in a way that benefits yourself and others. Righteous wisdom is more valuable than any material possession. It will guide you to make good decisions and live a fulfilling life. Righteous wisdom comes from God; through studying the Bible, seeking guidance in prayer, and seeking the advice of spiritually mature people, we gain righteous wisdom. Ask God for his wisdom in any situation, and he will provide it to you.

Take great care that your wisdom is not boastful. No matter your well-meaning, if your wisdom is laced with bragging, whether about your intellectual accomplishments in this world or your own superior morality, no one will happily listen. All ears become shut off to you because no one wants to be an audience to your uprightness and self-righteousness. You must always take a humble position in every situation and only share wisdom as a lowly one grateful to have learned a necessary lesson. Only then can you give credit to God for the heavenly knowledge and wisdom with which he has blessed you.

Always remember that the foolishness of God is wiser than your wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than your strength. If you rely on your own wisdom in all things, you fail to seek the will of God. If you seek the will of God, you will have divine wisdom in your thinking and peace in your heart. In all matters, ask Christ to go with you and bless you in what you are about to undertake.

I remind you that God says to be still. There is a reason for this instruction. Heavenly knowledge and wisdom are the products of insightful reflection. Pause, number your blessings, consider what the Lord has done for you in both a temporal and eternal perspective, and become wise in the ways he would have you live. Child of God, examine your thoughts, words, and deeds often, and take the necessary steps to align yourself in a proper relationship with Christ. Do not compare yourself to what others are able to articulate or do, but instead strive to please God alone in all that you do. This is the wisdom that matters.  

Yes, my friend, humble and unassuming wisdom will allow you to make good decisions, live a fulfilling life, understand the world and people around you, and, more importantly, know the will of God for your life. It is something that, if nourished properly, is constantly developing, and it is a character trait that you should hope to acquire. It is indeed the highest wisdom to want and try to live according to the will of God. I pray for you that this is the wisdom you desire. May it be so!

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