Seek Wisdom From God And Have Deep Faith In Him

Wisdom 1:1-7
Luke 17:1-6

In today’s Gospel,Jesus said if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain: ‘move’ and it will obey you. (Luke 17:6; Matthew 17:20) Every believer understands that to know God is the highest and best form of knowledge; and this spiritual knowledge is a source of power and strength to a Christian. It strengthens his faith. It gives him the power to overcome barriers and the perseverance to walk on the path of faith.

Faith is expressed in Christian Maturity, how we understand faith in our younger days cannot be compared to how much we understand faith now . To say that we believe in God might be quite easy then as our faith in God is solely confined to feelings but now we know that our love for God must be experienced in love and sacrifices for others, and that can be difficult.

Faith also strengthens hope. How can we hope for a thing if we do not know of its existence? Hope may be like a telescope, but till we receive instruction, our ignorance stands in the front of the glass, and we can see nothing whatever; faith and knowledge remove the interposing object, and when we look through the bright optic glass we discern the glory to be revealed and anticipate it with joyous confidence.

Every day, we need God’s wisdom, just as we need His protection. The first reading is the beginning of the book of Wisdom. Wisdom is something everyone wants and they feel they have yet few truly embrace it. Like faith, hope, and love; wisdom is a word that we causally throw around freely, assuming we know what it means and how to achieve it. Proverbs 4:7 tells us that “wisdom is the principal thing,” and in all our getting, we need to get wisdom. Lord may we gain wisdom of heart. The Bible tells us that Christ has become for us wisdom from God (1 Cor. 1:30). So what we really need is the Lord Jesus

Christ himself is Wisdom, for in Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and He is the center of all wisdom not only the essential wisdom but the eternal Word by whom God speaks to us. Let us therefore aspire for excellence, Yearn for wisdom and strive for goodness.
May the Lord lead us in the path of life eternal. Amen

Fr Joseph Osho