“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.” (James 3:17-18)
Wisdom from above, from God in heaven, has the traits of the fruit of the Holy Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23. It has the qualities of the Beatitudes found in our Savior’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:3-11.
It is not surprising that the wisdom from above has the qualities of love found in I Corinthians 13:3-13, the Love chapter in the Bible. In short, the wisdom from above comes as a result of a life surrendered to Jesus and His Spirit dwelling within the individual.
If you are carrying a glass full of liquid and someone carelessly bumps into you causing the liquid to spill, what spilled out will be determined by the contents of the glass. If you were carrying a glass of water, then water was spilled. If the content was milk, then milk was spilled. If it was liquid acid then what was spilled was acid. In this life we will get “bumped” by careless, thoughtless people from time to time. The content of your life will determine what is spilled when you get bumped. Fill the container of your life with Jesus Christ and be ready for the bumps when they come.
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