Walk In Wisdom And Righteousness

Walk In Wisdom And Righteousness

TO THE BIBLE: Psalm 23:1-3 ESV
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”

LET’S TALK
Do you know wisdom and righteousness are intertwined? The wisdom I’m talking about here is practical wisdom (Greek: “phronesis”).

It’s the outworking of the righteousness of God in your life. When we talk about the righteousness of God, it refers to practical wisdom at work, the expression of “phronesis.”

You’re a child of righteousness, and you can’t walk in righteousness and fail in wisdom (“phronesis”).

The underlined portion of our opening verse in the New King James Version says, “…He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake….” Walking in the paths of righteousness is “phronesis.”

It means you don’t go anywhere by chance. You don’t meet anybody by chance; in your path, there’re no accidents. Everything is prearranged by God.

Wisdom says, “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength. By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth. I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me. Riches and honor are with me, enduring riches and righteousness” (Proverbs 8:12-18).

With wisdom leading you in the paths of righteousness, you could never be poor. So, every day, declare, “Wisdom is at work in me today! No chance occurrences in my life. Predestination is at work in me.” Your life was planned by God to be in the paths of wisdom and righteousness. Praise God!

Go Deeper
Proverbs 8:12-21; 1 Corinthians 1:30

Speak:
Wisdom is at work in me today, and I’m set on a preordained path of righteousness! Predestination is at work in me. I don’t go anywhere by chance. I don’t meet anybody by chance; in my path of life, there’s no death. My life has a purpose with God. Amen.