Definition of Wisdom

Ask twelve Christians to define wisdom and you will likely get twelve similar but different answers. That’s fitting because wisdom itself is a dark and mysterious thing that must be extracted from others who have some, mined from the quarries of God’s word, and forged from the fires of bitter mistakes. How can we define something simply that is not simple?

But let’s ask ourselves this question: “Would we need wisdom at all if we knew the future?”

If the prodigal son had known there would be a famine, surely he would have adjusted his plans. If you knew your car’s transmission would blow in two weeks, you would not spend down your bank balance to arctic temperatures.

It’s unwise to bet on sports (to put it lightly), but if you knew the outcome of every game, you would never need the wisdom to save, budget, and delete the betting apps.

Who knows the future? What will you value and truly care about in one year? Five years?

What skills should build to maximize your earning potential in the future?

You don’t know, and neither do I. How do you handle this uncertainty? Get wisdom.

Wisdom is simply how to live when you don’t know the future. It’s a tool for managing uncertainty. When we admit that we don’t know, we are creating available space in our minds that we can then fill with wisdom.