Ecclesiastes 8:1. “Who is as the wise man? And who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.” A MAN’S WISDOM. Where can I go for the wisdom I need; What shall I do and to what shall I heed? Shall I go to the college of those greatly learned; And there to get from their minds things that I have not earned? Shall I travel the world and try everything; To see from far places a changed view of men? Can I glean from inside of my mind wisdom true; And find from my thoughts wisdom I thought I once knew? Will the crowd in the streets, in the way, in the store; Give me the wisdom that my soul does implore? Are there things I must do yet, to give me the key; To wisdom so needed that, so far, evades me?
No, the scriptures are clear, it is there plain to read; The places and things for the wisdom I seek. When my heart is with those who mourn the loss of a friend; God gives His wisdom from the Spirit He sent. When there is reverence and fear of the Lord that’s not faked; He gives the beginning of wisdom to take. When pride is not there, nor dishonor with it; God gives to the humble His wisdom to fit. When a man’s search for truth, is that God him will bless; God adds to his wisdom because of his real “teachableness.” Love in the search for the wisdom of God; Such diligence will be rewarded from the Wisdom Above.
Uprightness of life gives wisdom a place; Where the seeker of wisdom, meets God face to face In His Word where He speaks to the seeker who is true; And faith to grasp all that He wants you to do. The wisdom of man does not go way back; And say “those days were better,” for the things that we lack. A man’s wisdom will keep him from trying to say; “I’ll make myself wiser and wiser each day.” The wisdom of life that a man close to God; Has learned from his Master on the roads he has trod, Will give his face strength, because he has been changed; From the man he once was to the man God has made.
Man’s wisdom from God, makes his face bright to shine; He has learned by experience, “Not my will but Thine.”
He has learned what he cannot, and is unable to do; So he gives himself wholly to the work he has proved. He rejoices when things go his way for a while; And when poverty comes, he greets all with a smile. He is able to listen far more than he talks; When words he must say, they match up with his walk. When people come to him for advice that they need; He gives it out plainly so the truth they will heed. May the “wisdom of men” come to me “heaven sent;” And may God in His mercy, let me for Him be spent.
“O All-Wise, All-Knowing God, my Father: would I be able to, in some little way, show to my generation Thy wisdom? Can I be trusted with such a charge, as to answer discreetly some of the things that people want to ask? If so, please help me to pay the price of wisdom; in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”