More Wisdom!

He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. Proverbs 13:3 NKJV
He who despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. Proverbs 13:13 NKJV
The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death. Proverbs 13:14 NKJV
He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20 NKJV

How does a person guard his/her mouth? We guard our mouths by thinking before we speak. Sometimes, the process of thinking requires us to research a matter before speaking about it so when we speak, we know what we're talking about. If we don't have a clue--about anything we want to talk about--we should be silent. It is indeed, "better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and confirm it."

We have to guard our mouths and not allow pride and ego to provoke us into speaking about things we have little or no understanding. For some--they may even want to tape their mouths in certain environments to keep themselves from being foolish. At the other end of the spectrum of control our mouths--we say nothing and allow those in the know to speak on our behalf.

Of course, all of this wisdom and more is outlined in The Word and for all who despise, detest or refute the value of The Word, they have proven how foolish they are. I'll reiterate this one point about The Word--We need it to live our lives in peace and harmony--on a daily basis!

It's really too bad that some of our legislators have not read The Word with understanding. If they had, we'd have common sense gun laws in place and prevent the loss of innocent lives lost because of the foolishness of our lawmakers. There is no wisdom governing in our Congress--they are guided by the power of those with money to fund their re-elections, not by the will of the people who elected.

So, it comes as no surprise that those who are wise keep for companions others who are wise because they know--fools are the foundation of destruction. We are cautioned about the actions of a fool more than 50 times in The Word, and encouraged and reminded of the benefits of operating with wisdom more than 200 times. If God will give us wisdom--when we ask for it--and not think any less of us for asking, why don't we spend more time asking Him for wisdom than we do things?

Is it because we think--things give us value? Hardly. Things deteriorating, rusting, dissolving, or vanishing, don't give us value and if we value the things more than we value The Word--we are hopelessly lost. Wisdom--then--is the principle thing and with all the wisdom we could obtain--we need to gain understanding--functioning on earth as God desires--not as we desire.

A lack of wisdom--foolishness--leads to unwise decisions pertaining to the laws of the land, community unrest and dysfunctional homes. If only we would simply accept what God has said, allow Holy Spirit to guide us, and obey Him--we would see a complete change in our homes, society, and certainly across the land. That's the if. Since we won't allow Wisdom to guide us, we'll simply have to live with the consequences of our inability to concede the Bible is right and we don't know everything.