Benefits of Wisdom: Maturity
Another benefit that wisdom bestows is maturity. Wisdom confers those who possess it with the mental and emotional strength needed to put things in perspective and to accurately evaluate people, issues, and circumstances.
Benefits of Wisdom: Humility
Now, some people might have been forced into humility because of their impoverished background or the beatings they might have received in the course of living. But such individuals can easily become prideful when the table turns and they start to enjoy the comforts of life above measure.
Benefits of Wisdom: Creative Genius
Benefits of Wisdom (3): Creative Genius. Another benefit accruable from wisdom is the genius to create items of great value. The entrance of wisdom in the mix enhances your natural or acquired skills, thereby facilitating the creation of value in terms of product or service.
Benefits of Wisdom: Increased Prudence
Another benefit of wisdom is its ability to make you more prudent; or – to put it in the exact words of the Bible – it will double your prudence. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines prudence as "the quality of being prudent; cautiousness: we need to exercise prudence in such important matters."
The Source of All Truth
Throughout time, man has always sought the truth about various phenomena of life. This ageless search has driven innumerable expeditions and research that have resulted in numerous discoveries and inventions over the years.
The Benefits of Wisdom: Discernment and Expression
Wisdom gives you an informed mouth. The passage above says that it helps your lips to express what you have learned. In other words, it gives you the privilege of expression. It is not everyone who can boast of that, and not everyone who expresses him/herself does so in a wise manner.
The Ordinance of Firstborn (Conclusion): What God Wants and Expects
The Ordinance of Firstborn (Conclusion): What God Wants and Expects - In concluding our two-week series on the ordinance of firstborn, we will endeavor to present God’s requirement as we wrap up this treatise.
The Ordinance of Firstborn (9): What God Says
In this penultimate instalment of our meditation on the ordinance of firstborn, we shall take a look at what God says about firstborns. This is to provide more context to some of the points we made earlier across this series.
The Ordinance of Firstborn (8): Common Factors Among Firstborns that Succeeded
The Ordinance of Firstborn: Common Factors Among the Firstborns that Succeeded - As we begin to wrap up our meditation on this series, we will be discussing certain factors common to those firstborns that thrived in the Bible.
The Ordinance of Firstfruits (Conclusion): Modern-Day Practical Applications
In conclusion of our meditation on the ordinance of firstfruits, we will discuss some practical applications of the precept in our non-agrarian modern society, where most of the increases we get are in the form of wages, salaries, revenue, and other monetary forms.
