The Foundation: Women of Wisdom

Today, we start our Women of Wisdom series.

But before we delve in, lets just look at a few key elements of being a woman of wisdom.

1. Our definition of wisdom must be based on scriptural teaching. 

Without the foundation of scripture as our guide, this study would be just a matter of my opinion, which doesn’t amount to very much. Scripture is the anchor. It keeps us from drifting when we don’t know what to do in the trials of life. It gives us absolute truth about ourselves, our God and his promises. Simply put, we cannot be wise without knowing what God says about a matter.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Prov. 9:10

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5

2. What we learn about wisdom needs to change our lives. 

The worst thing we could do is to study and learn academically, and not apply it  internally. We want to be more than just “hearers of the word!” We want to be “doers.”

3. To be a woman of wisdom, we have to embrace our true calling.

We are called to be image-bearers of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is our  new identity.  As redeemed women we are to reflect the image of our Redeemer.  Too often, unfortunately, as we will see in our study, the reason that we fail to be women of wisdom, and the reason that older women fail to make an impact on younger generations for Christ is that they are more interested in self-image, self-fulfillment and self-satisfaction than they are in imitating Christ.

Imitating Christ means self-denial, death to our selfish whims and ways, and doing the hard things of Christianity.

So, as you can see, this is an uphill battle all the way. It is not for the wimpy. I am pretty sure that this is not popular in our culture of self-indulgence and pleasure. But in the end, as hard as it is sometimes, fulfilling our calling as image bearers of Christ is where we find joy, peace, strength and wisdom.

So join me on Monday as we look at the first aspect of being a woman of wisdom: A Pure Heart.