LET’S look at the collocation of
two of the worthiest assets in our arsenal for attaining virtue: two sides of
the one golden coin, which is a token to be inserted into a full life filled
with blessing.
One golden
coin,
A token for
blessing,
Sides of
faith and wisdom,
Each
complement the other,
Building
resource and resolve,
All for the benefit of God’s
Kingdom.
Faith & Wisdom
Faith is the extrovert, wisdom is
the introvert, and together they give us the ideal blend of capacity for
energies for an ordered state of living.
Faith comes alive when we’re tired
of being in the comfort zone. Wisdom is in its element when it’s time to
withdraw into one’s study to contemplate. Both are pivotal, and each comes into
its own in its momentary season. Blessed is every person who avails themselves
to faith when they need to reach out, just as a person needing to be hid with
Christ in God is blessed to avail wisdom to their way.
Faith takes risks, is action-oriented,
and is prepared to trust.
Wisdom is girded in self-restraint,
takes its time to ponder every conceivable possibility, and wishes for the
broadest perspective of vision.
Faith, on the other hand, is
focused; it sees value in compartmentalising the vision so trust might strip
away every interrupting distraction.
Wisdom discerns the way and is
waiting for the moment when faith is appropriate.
There are times when ‘faith’ would
be foolish, just as there are times when ‘wisdom’ seems too constrained. They
call the former blind faith or bad faith. They call the latter paralysing fear.
Faith and wisdom are as well
married to each other. And so many couples do epitomise these two essential
parts. I’m faith whereas my wife is wisdom, mostly. Yet I know many women who
are faith and their husbands are wisdom. It really doesn’t matter who is who.
All that matters is the right side of the coin comes uppermost when that virtue
is most needed.
Virtue is a blend of both these in
appropriate and complementary portion—faith and wisdom. Faith is trust and
diligence. Wisdom is discernment and prudence. Faith is courage and hope.
Wisdom is understanding and perspective.
© 2015 Steve Wickham.
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