Not Better, Just Better Off….

When you seek God on a daily basis, your knowledge of Him will increase. That knowledge will make you wise when applied to the things of the world. It’s like knowing God, the One Who made it all, gives us deeper insight into human behavior. It’s like knowing the motivating factors of life grants us wisdom. Sin, rebellion, hatred, to name a few, gives us a knowledge the world doesn’t want to know or cannot know. The major difference of knowing God isn’t that we are better than others, just better off. The reason is because knowing God gives us hope. This hope gives us confidence that the remedy to sin is attainable. It gives us the answer to our problems. It gives us the security of knowing our final destination doesn’t have to be doom and gloom. It gives us the ultimate answer in life. Knowing God leads us to Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith. He is the only One that makes eternal life in Heaven possible. Now that’s real hope, hope that anchors our soul in the storms of life. Knowing God makes us wise, more so than any amount of education ever could. When we use this wisdom to point others to God, we not only fulfill God’s purpose in our lives, bringing us great joy and satisfaction, but it also makes the world stand up and take notice.

When the training period ordered by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service. 20 Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.21 Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus. Daniel 1:18-21a