11 The Fruit of Fearful Faith: Wisdom Wisdom is the second key component for learning to faith down our fears. As one of the dominant themes of the Bible, the word wisdom is found over 300 times in the Old Testament alone. For it to be mentioned that many times points out the obvious fact that the Lord knew that we were in desperate need of His wisdom as human beings. There is certainly a great lack of authentic wisdom in our world today. While knowledge abounds and increases in every area, wisdom is a rare commodity. It is a divine virtue that is sadly lacking in almost every area of life, especially education, economics, and politics. The Bible is a revelation of the wisdom of God. One of the primary reasons God gave us His Word was so that we might perceive and understand His mind, which alone is the source of perfect wisdom. In other words, wisdom reveals the will of God for living. His wisdom is to inform, reform, and transform our behavior so that we will act like He would act in all our circumstances. If we want to know how God would act in any and every circumstance, all we have to do is look at the life of Jesus. He was the incarnation of God’s wisdom. Therefore, His life should dictate our behavior. As Peter said, Jesus has left us “an example, that you should fol-
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