Quiet Wisdom

While looking at the statistics for the website I ran across one of the searches that brought a person to the page. The question had to do with Ecclesiastes 9:17. For more context we have to look at the passage this verse comes from:

 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege works against it. But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.  Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

The Least Can Save A Town

The person who speaks with common sense wisdom when faced with adversity can save many. The small voice who speaks and is barely heard usually has the right idea that moves someone who heard it to take action. In the passage before verse 17 the wise man is a poor person, probably a beggar who sees all the goings on in the city. When the person speaks on how to save the town, it is seen as something that will not work until it is a last resort action.

Common Sense

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. The man of wisdom speaks in a calm manner that shows Godly wisdom and basic common sense. The ruler who shouts commands is usually one who only cares about personal conquests and uses the blind (not literal) followers who praise the ruler accept his orders as a way to live even though it might cause pain and death. People who need someone to tell them what to do all the time are good for the power hungry leaders.

This sounds way too familiar when looking at society today. There are people in power that shout, are inconsistent with their ways, or are single minded who seek only to make themselves look good. We know it as a political circus. Public speakers who make claims while shouting at the audience can misspeak, misquote, and or really do not know what they are saying and yet people believe every word because the person is well liked. The calm speaker who gives reference to other people, places, things, and other writings are listened to with open ears and eyes.

When discerning what you hear, if your mind is not clouded then you see what is truly common sense. There are people who promise the world even though they know they cannot deliver on their promises. Going back to verse 17 mentioned above, you should ask, “Who is the more foolish, the leader or the followers?”

Clear Thinking Wins the Day

Thinking clearly can defeat an army but one person who is filled with a desire for conquest can destroy a nation. How quickly and easily some people fall for the trappings of a person who rises from being a nobody to power in one way or another only to let it go to his or her head and speaks without properly thinking things through and lying in an attempt to remove another. How often do the thoughtless conquer the masses and lead people down ungodly paths. That has been America for quite some time until recently. We still have people that are trying to destroy America and the world with false teachings and promoting sickness over right nature.

The only way to get ourselves back on track with God is to unseat those in power who have replaced good with evil. Who think more for their own objectives rather than the people who entrusted them with leadership. This goes for all levels of leadership even the smallest.

Brothers and Sisters, is it better to listen to a person who writes many books or stay with the Holy Word of God? Those who write and publish are eventually given into their own way of thinking which is not always God’s way. That is how many false doctrines are created.

Practice prayerful discernment in everything and you will see the quiet wise person speak volumes. Keep the Word on your heart and you will hear right from wrong. Do not follow a yeller, listen to the one who speaks to the good of your heart. I hope that makes clearer the question mentioned above

In God’s loving arms through His Love, Grace, and Mercy,

Rob, Servant of God