True Wisdom

Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you. —Proverbs 4:6

Many of our hardest struggles aren’t just about our circumstances—they flow from the choices we’ve made and the foundations we’ve built on. When we make decisions impulsively—or based on what we hope something could be rather than what it really is—we’re setting ourselves up for cycles of disappointment and pain. Sometimes, without realizing it, we glamorize our decisions because we’re chasing comfort, stability, or relief from loneliness. But if a foundation is built on what feels good in the moment, it won’t hold when life gets hard.

And this is why God’s call to wisdom is so important. True wisdom isn’t just about making “better” choices. Instead, it’s about building our lives on the only sure foundation: Jesus Christ.

The path of wisdom is the path of following Him. The wise hear His words, understand them, and submit to them. The foolish may hear the same words, but they walk away unchanged, building on something far less secure. True wisdom always means building our lives on Him.

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Portia Collins, “Beware the Hardpan,” Every Word Matters, 8/25/25, https://portiacollins.substack.com/p/beware-the-hardpan?r=5fonvo&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Scripture taken from The CSB