“Doth
not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?” – Proverbs 8:1
It would seem,
that the truths and principles which need to be advocated for, have trouble
finding advocated. The contrary is true as well, those truths and principle
which humanity would do well to let fall by the wayside, they have promoters by
the truckload. All across the airwaves and television screens the lust of
the flesh, eyes, and the pride of life is exalted; to the point where we begin
to wonder if wisdom, understanding, virtue, and righteousness have a voice at
all. The fact is, they do, they cry, and lift up their voice; not in long
clamoring tones or laced in flashy filigree. No, as a pure singing voice
in the midst of a squawking crowd, the cry of wisdom and understanding ring
true to those who have a mind to hear. The voice of wisdom cries out
through the mouth of a Christian life lived. A pure, genuine, consistent
testimony. This is an advocate for wisdom and the example of understanding. A consistent holy life with Jesus Christ at
the center.
You cannot build anything without consistency. You want to build a better
body? You want those six pack abs? You need consistency. You
want a house? You want a garden? You want good grades in school? It
all takes consistency. This is true on a personal level and the same is
true on a collective level. You can’t build a business, a church, or even
a book club without consistency. In my recent opinion, consistency is the
most underrated talent in the body of Christ. You know who they are and
maybe you are one of them. Those folks that when they miss church, it
raises red flags and others begin to say, “Where were they tonight? They are always here”. These are those where
you just know they are going to be there for you, to pray, to help, to uplift,
you can flat out, hands down depend on them. You can depend on them to be
the salt and the light each and every day.
You can depend on them not because of them, but because of who they are
depending on; Jesus. In this, in these men and women, wisdom begins to
cry and understanding utters her voice.
It takes this, good consistency; because consistency in itself is not
enough. You can be consistently twenty minutes late to church and all that does
is guarantee that you will consistently disrupt every service. You can be
consistent in letting people down; don’t get me wrong, we all make a mistake
now and then, and life happens, but your desire drives your will, and your will
determines your decisions, and your decisions create your actions; so on a day in
and day out basis, the fruit of who you are on the inside will show. The
testimony will show, and to those who are in the Word of God and totally
depending on Jesus Christ, the wisdom which is from above will begin to cry out
in pure melodies to this lost and dying world. People begin to see that
there is undeniable merit to this “Christianity thing”. It’s more than
just a “good way to live” it is THE way to live.
In our justice system, a testimony can determine the life or death of another
person. Now, granted, that testimony will be cross examined, researched,
and weighed out before a jury; but ultimately and in particular cases, if the
testimony is found to be true it will either save a man or condemn him.
The life you live day in and day out is your testimony. It is your
legacy. When we die it’s not what the preacher says over our bodies that
are going to stick with people. It’s what we did before they put us in
the ground. When you meet a man or woman who lives holy day in and day
out, there is no denying that testimony. There is no way to undermine the
wisdom, truth, and understanding of what they preach; and as in a court of law,
the truth testimony can save or condemn (both you and hopefully those around
you). No matter who you are, there is someone watching you. You
have influence over somebody, and when we let God lead, the wisdom of his Word
will sing out through the righteous consistencies in our lives. Christ is
the voice of wisdom, God help us to be and stay in the place where he can use
us to cry out.
