Wednesday; July 15
When you think of wisdom, what comes to mind? When most of us consider wisdom, we think of something positive – maybe even something noble. Yet, there is another kind of wisdom. Interestingly, it is the writer, James who identifies “negative wisdom” when he describes something as, “This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.” (James 3:15). In other words, there is a kind of logic that doesn’t make spiritual sense. While we might be surprised to see this in the Bible, this type of human logic doesn’t surprise us in the world in which we live. There are a lot of people who use false reasoning to promote their own ways. The unfortunate part of this is that way too many people accept their logic as truth and follow after their reasoning. Thankfully, the Bible balances false wisdom with truth by noting, “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable,...