Day Eight
Two Wisdoms
“This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.” Darby Jas 3:15
There is a wisdom that you should not be looking for – and should never yield to! This wisdom is your soulish natural wisdom – stuff that belongs to your old nature. It is what you were born with. But it is the stuff which the Lord will not operate out of – for it is flesh! The wisdom you want – is from above, from your second nature – that is the redemptive nature of Jesus Christ. You can only walk in it when you are saved, and continuously yield all of “yourself” to Jesus as a living sacrifice, reckoning yourself as “dead to sin, but alive to Him.”
If you are already saved, the potential to operate in the wisdom from above is always there, ready – and waiting. You must first yield and surrender your old nature and your natural wisdom – it must be handed over to the Lord, daily! It is a continuous process – renouncing that old nature so that you may walk in the new redemptive nature of Christ. It is in-fact a conscious refusal to operate outside of the life of Christ which dwells in us. The moment we fail to do this, that old nature, and our old wisdom stands ready to be the “fall back” posture – literally! However, it is indeed earthly — (it is of the flesh – and therefore profits nothing)! It is natural, and even devilish! Why? Because the closest thing in us to Satan is our old reprobate, rebellious, fleshly nature, which includes even the wisdom of our soul. And yet many of us are unfortunately ignorant of this.
How do we know what wisdom we are operating in – that from our earthly nature, or that from Christ which is from above? We know it by the result. If we use our “natural” wisdom – then there will be produced jealousy, envy, contention, rivalry, confusion, unrest, disharmony, rebellion, and all sorts of evil and vile practices (Amp Jas 3:16). However, true wisdom from Christ and His nature operating in us yields unobtrusive humility! (Jas 3:13) That is because the wisdom from above is a perfect representation of the nature of Christ Himself. Indeed it IS Christ in us – the hope of glory! His wisdom is first of all PURE (it is not defiled but of a single substance). It is also peace-loving, courteous, considerate, and gentle. (Are you seeing Jesus yet?) It is willing to yield to reason (reason prompted and led by the Holy Spirit). It is also full of compassion and good fruits. It is whole-hearted (not divided in interests serving more than one master), and it is straight-forward, impartial, and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).
In any given moment, you and I (if we are believers) have the opportunity to walk in our earthly wisdom (which becomes an incubator for great evil), or in the wisdom from above (which produces great blessing and life). Look around you. Either you will see carcasses of death, contention, jealousy, and every evil thing, or you will see fruits of righteousness and peace. These are the warning lights on the dashboard of our lives. Pay attention! Do not be deceived! Before you unfolds the choice to walk out a life: full of life (from Christ’s wisdom); or full of death (from our earthly wisdom) — of blessings or cursings. Choose LIFE!
Be-loved.
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