I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery—Christ. In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2, 3 CSB)

We need wisdom like never before! In the Bible wisdom refers to the basic skills we need—physical, mental, relational, vocational—for navigating life successfully in this world. Biblical wisdom also refers to one’s relationship with God. The Psalms and Proverbs tell us the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. A proper reverence and honor and desire for the glory of God are essential for a life of wisdom.

These ideas converge in the portrait the apostle, Paul, paints of Christ in his letters to the churches. Paul teaches us the in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Do you know Jesus? Have you trusted in Him alone? His is the one in whom salvation is found: Savior of sinners. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) He is the one in whom redemption is found: Redeemer of the lost. When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:4, 5) He is the one in whom we find justification, a right-standing with God: Justifier of his people. The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:22-24)

Paul sums it up in his letter to the Christians at Corinth. He says, “It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption—in order that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:30, 31). It is only through the Wisdom of God, that is, Christ Jesus, that we as individuals, as families, as communities, and in all the areas of government will glorify God and will live wisely in the way God intends.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, please send your Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, to fill me, to renew the members of my family, and to save my community, my state, and our nation from the world, the flesh, and the devil. To God be the glory. In Jesus’ name, Amen.