Scripture speaks of the blessings of wisdom, comparing the value of wisdom to the value of gold and silver. Wisdom is of the highest value because it is a pathway to

God’s blessings. God’s wisdom enables us to live a life he is able to bless. If you found a buried treasure you were allowed to keep, you would feel both lucky and blessed. We have been given the most valuable treasure in God’s word. We have been given the wisdom we need to store up a treasure that will be eternally ours.

During the month of September, we will consider how to find and walk God’s path of wisdom so that we are able to live a life he can abundantly bless, now and forever.

In John 1:14 the apostle describes Jesus saying, “We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (NIV). He then says “from his fullness” or his “completeness” we have received one “grace” after another (v. 16).

If we know Jesus, we know how to live a blessed life. Jesus is the perfect example of what it means to be right with God. Moses gave God’s people the law, but Jesus came to give his life for all of us because we would always be unable to keep God’s law. 

When we walk through life with Jesus as our high and holy example, we realize that our salvation is only because of the grace and truth of God revealed in Christ. We will never walk the path of blessing perfectly, but that path is always available to us through the grace and forgiveness Jesus gives. His Holy Spirit stands ready to guide us back to the life God can bless. 

Living with wisdom is a path to God’s blessings. Living with Christ as our gracious guide enables us to find that path each day and humbly return to that path when we lose our way. Jesus often said, “Follow me” (Luke 18:22). Even when that isn’t easy, following him is still God’s will for your life because it is your path of blessing.