All We Need

Proverbs 3:13-18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

Wisdom and understanding – something we all truly need. It seems so illusive, doesn’t it? As though something never to be gotten or attainted. Yet, we look for it – we search in schools, books, magazines, the starts – everywhere. Rather ironic, isn’t it, that the very book from which these words come is the very book in which we will find wisdom and understanding.

They are not something we can attain or achieve; rather we receive them through the person of Jesus Christ. He is all the wisdom and understanding we need, after all, He’s the smartest man ever. He knows all things, so with Him, we can know all that we need! Isn’t that an amazing thought? I love the idea that He is truly all we need, even when it comes to knowledge.

And look at all that we get through the wisdom and understanding afforded us in Christ – profit more than silver, better returns that gold! We will have something more precious than rubies, long life, riches, and honor. We will have pleasant ways, following paths of peace. Truly, we will be blessed if we follow these ways!

What do you desire in life? Wisdom? “Nothing you desire can compare to her.”