Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?” – Proverbs 8:1
Across the airwaves, television, and screens the lust of the flesh, eyes, and the pride of life is exalted. It is prompted 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 their voice like a pure singer amid a squawking crowd. The cry of wisdom and understanding rings true to those who have an ear to hear. The voice of wisdom cries out through a sanctified life lived. A pure, genuine, consistent testimony. This is one 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? A nice house? Good education? 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. My 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 they 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 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 consistency, or you could say diligence. Perseverance with carefulness. 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, making bad choices, upsetting peaceful situations. This is not building that brings consistency or shows diligence. It is not the cry of wisdom. Please don’t get me wrong, we all make mistakes now and then, and life happens, but your desire drives your will. Your will determines your decisions, and your decisions create your actions. Actions, on a day in and day out basis, are the fruit of who you are on the inside. This 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. 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, 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, 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. 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.
