Before the invention of the internet if we wanted advice, we asked someone we trusted. Today we can reach thousands of opinions day or night with just a few taps on a screen. And everyone seems to know how we should live, what we should believe, and what choices we should make. But Proverbs 3:7 reminds us not to become wise in our own eyes. Because the world may have an answer, but it doesn’t mean it has the right answer.
And because something is popular doesn’t make it wise. For as Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson once said, “No mind, no wisdom, temporary mind, temporary wisdom, eternal mind, eternal wisdom.” What a powerful reminder that our understanding is limited, but God’s wisdom is eternal.
The world’s opinions will change. Trends will change. What people call “wisdom” today may be completely different tomorrow. But God’s Word doesn’t change. That’s why we need to be careful about whose voice we allow to shape our lives. We can listen to the world all day long, but there is only one voice that leads us into truth, and that is the voice of God.
When we don’t know what to do, we don’t have to search the internet for every answer. We can open God’s Word. We can pray. And we can both seek His wisdom and trust His direction. There is no greater wisdom than the wisdom that comes from the eternal God. So don’t be wise in your own eyes. Listen to Him, follow His Word, and let His wisdom guide your life.
