Wisdom is Right

Proverbs 21:2-3 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Isn’t this so true… We all think that we are making wise decisions for our lives. We think we are making the right financial decisions, we think we are reaching out to the right people, we think we are working on the right things in our marriages or relationships, we think we are making the right choices for our kids as parents, we think we are making the right decisions with our time. It’s only after the fact that we realize that some of our choices weren’t the right ones.

When we don’t have enough money at the end of the month we realize that maybe that great deal at Future Shop wasn’t such a great deal after all.  When we offer help and support to someone and it’s not well received we realize that maybe we need to take a step back from the relationship. When we seem further from our spouse than ever before we realize that maybe we aren’t doing the right things in our marriage. When our kids are fighting non-stop and they seem unhappy a lot of the time we question the effectiveness of our parenting. When we are stressed out, too busy and exhausted we realize that maybe we are not making the right choices with our time.

So if our ways seem right in our own eyes like this proverbs says how do we really know if we are making the right choices. Our goal in life is not to make all the right choices. Grace allows us to make decisions and believe they are right but wisdom will be the check we need to know if our decisions truly are the best decisions possible.

Tonight I was invited to go to the movies with some girlfriends, something that I would love to do. A little break from home and time with my girlfriends is a recipe for a great night. I could go out tonight and it would be the right thing to do. However I had to take a step back from my desire to go to the movies and ask myself the question “Is it the wise thing for me to do?” The answer lied in the rest of my week and the other responsibilities and choices I am making with my time. I have lifegroup tomorrow night and then Jason and I are going away for 2 nights, if I went out tonight that would be 4 nights in a row that I didn’t tuck my kids in bed. Although they would be fine with Daddy, I am not fine with that. In light of the rest of my week it is not the wise for me to go out with my girlfriends even though there is nothing wrong with it at all. Many issues in our lives are not a matter of right or wrong but a matter of wisdom.

Do you line your decisions up with wisdom?