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Wisdom from God is apparently so easy to attain that James says we need only ask. Proverbs 9
describes wisdom as practically standing on the roof of her house shouting "Hey everybody, if
you want me, come on up! I'm right here! See?"
If wisdom is so easily defined and so easily accessible, then why do we not have more of it
these days? Why does it seem so difficult to get? If God is shouting from the rooftops to give it
away, then why does it seem so lofty? How do we get wisdom? The answer is found in one
simple word: obedience.
Wisdom Today
So how do we get wisdom today? The same way they got it in the Bible: by obeying His
Commandments.
The reason why wisdom is so absent in the lives of people today is because they don't require
themselves to obey all of God's commandments. Many keep a modified version of the Ten
Commandments, but very few seek out all of God's Commandments and strive to obey them.
This is unfortunate. The Commandments forsaken in our theologies, churches and lifestyles
hold the key to the pure wisdom that comes from above (see James 3:17).
In Deuteronomy 4:6, God said to His children before they were to take the Promised Land:
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the
sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation
is a wise and understanding people.
Now let's think about this for a second. Would God in His wisdom put bondage on His people
after taking them on a 40‐year journey away from it? Of course not! The commandments were
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