Are you wearing wisdom's "suit?"


Proverbs 28:11--This passage reminds me of the story The Emperor's New Clothes.

For those who have never read the story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, it's about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent.

The reality is they make no clothes at all, but do a great job of convincing people that if they don't see them then they are indeed unworthy.

When the emperor parades before his subjects in his new "clothes", no one dares to say that they do not see the suit on him for fear that they will be seen as stupid.

Finally, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!"

Question: Are we "parading" around with no clothes?

I don't think we have to be wealthy to have a skewed view in certain areas. To lose our sense of reality because we've sequestered ourselves in our own world.

It's about being stubborn in an opinion and unwilling to see from another perspective.

Once we've dug our heels into a perspective so deeply, we can convince ourselves that we're right, even when the facts tell us otherwise.

Of course, when it comes to Biblical principles, we can be more firm in our stance, but sometimes we can be right in what we believe, but wrong in how we live it.

I have a few heartbreaking moments in my life where I was parading around "exposed" in my stubbornness. How grateful I was for someone to point out that I was "naked."

Sometimes, I think we need to hold our conjectures lightly. Test them. Walk in them. Then we can hold them a bit more tightly.

May we wear the true "suit" of wisdom, my friends.

Proverbs 28:11--A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person sees through him. Tree of Life Bible Society Tree of Life Version - TLV #tlvbible #tlvproverbs

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