The Nature of Genuine Wisdom Part 2

James understands that we struggle with this issue of looking at wisdom the wrong way and he knows just because of our pride and our dependance on human wisdom. He tells us biblical wisdom begins first with the fear of God. It is God-centered. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," Proverbs 9:10. You can't be wise until you come to see yourself before a holy God. That's the beginning of wisdom, so that's the first thing about God's wisdom or biblical wisdom, it's God-centered, it begins with the fear of the Lord. The second thing about biblical wisdom is it is intensely practical. It's not theory or theoretical, it's practical. Wisdom is essentially knowledge applied to life skillfully. So biblical wisdom is seen in your actions, not seen so much in what you say or what you know, but in what you do. This fits right along with James's whole theme in his letter, that is, to be doers of the word, not to be merely hearers.