Be Wise Psalms 94:8

8 Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?


Imagine how patient God must be with us! Here David is speaking to two groups of people, which include us all at times. He is addressing those who are senseless and those who are fools and the question to both is "when will you be wise?" David might have written this verse to go something like this: "You who refuse to listen to the voice of God and you who refuse to even acknowledge God at all, when are you going to wake up to the truth?"

God created our ears and our eyes for a purpose; we are to hear God and see Him at work in our lives and in the lives of those around us. God knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile, pointless, wasteful, ineffective and in vain. We do not know what we need. We do not know where we should go and until we are willing to understand that and look to God for His leadership and guidance, nothing is ever going to change in our lives! When are we going to wake up and be wise? Wisdom is knowing what to do and then doing it!

Most of us know what we need to be do and we do know what we do not need to be doing! Where we fail most miserably is not doing what we know we should do and then by doing what we know we shouldn't be doing. Most of us live our lives in this senseless routine.

It is one thing to be driving somewhere and make a wrong turn. It is another to keep on going in that direction knowing all along that you are headed in the wrong direction. God is speaking to us all through the hand of David as He asks us the question: "when are you going to be wise; when are you going to wake up; when are you going to start going in the right direction with your lives?"

You cannot get where you want to be in life when you are headed in the wrong direction. Failing to live your life as God directs you is like driving 1000 miles without a compass or a road map. The Bible is our road map; The Holy Spirit is like a built-in GPS unit. God will even be our driver if we will allow Him to be! I remember a bumper sticker that said, "God is my Co-Pilot." Friend listen, "If God is your Co-pilot" then change seats! Let's change seats and leave the driving to the Lord!