Wisdom 2

Wisdom, the Gift from God, is knowing what to do with what we know.  We may all hear and see the same information, but use it in hundreds of different ways.  Some do nothing with what they know; artists combine new knowledge or experience with what has gone before and come up with a "new creation."

The truth of God is at first beyond experience, but Jesus says, "If anyone wants to know if my words are true, let him do what I say, and he will find out if the word is true."  We think we "see," and understand, but we do not actually experience the truth until we decide to walk in it.  We trust Jesus enough to "try it out," and then we begin to "know" what is true and what is not.

This is why "we submit every thought to Christ Jesus," in the words of St. Paul, so that we may be brought to the truth that is deeper and more sure than our eyes can perceive.  If we trust that the Spirit of God will lead us into all truth, then we trust less in the information acquired by our eyes and our experience.  Rather, we listen and await the truth brought to us by the One living inside us.  We see the world around us, but our reality lies within us. 

What happened in reality was that Lazarus died and was buried for three days.  But Jesus brought to the scene a much greater reality---that those who believed in/ trusted Him would not die but live.