Searching for Wisdom in the Eye of the Storm (part one)

In the midst of the latest storm to hit our area, and watching the weatherman track tornado's on his dopplar radar, my mind began to wander at the advance weather technology we have today compared to 50 or 100 years ago. I also did some advance research on wisdom in the Bible, as storm after storm passed by.(thankfully the power remained on!)

The only way to track a storm 100 years ago was by looking outside at the sky and actually feel the change in temperature. Today we can track a storm coming from at least two or three states away, and literally pinpoint its expected arrival time.

It is amazing when you compare any kind of technology to the past. Our medical technology is so advanced that someone who has knee replacement surgery can find themselves up and walking in just 3 days. Football players from the early to mid-1980's speak of having 20 or more knee surgeries and still suffer in pain today.

I've read some great testimonies from Christian medical doctors who readily admit they are thankful for the intelligence that God has given them to fulfill their duties as doctors. And this makes me wonder how many of the other "high intellectuals of the world" can admit that.



The growth of wisdom in the world through the years is a curious thing. Thomas Edison went through over a hundred light bulbs before he got it right.

Two of my favorite "wise men" are Einstein and King Solomon. No matter what Einstein did, he made his mistakes count for something as he kept trying until he succeeded.
Einstein once said that:

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

I think that opposite direction Einstein
was referring to was what King Solomon wrote about in the Book of Ecclesiastes.


For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This is also vanity and grasping for the wind. (Ecc.2:26)

When we use our intelligence for the good of mankind in Christ-likeness and not hoard things up selfishly for ourselves, God enters joy into the equation. Those that use their intelligence only to gain wealth will never really be satisfied nor obtain any kind of "real peace".



Obtaining knowledge makes you smart, but understanding where that mind you were given came from to obtain that knowledge makes you a genius!