G'day, friends. In this message on Prevailing Proverbs, we dive into the second 'W': wisdom. I've pondered God's wisdom for decades—it's profound yet simple, like applying His Word to life. God grants us access to His divine wisdom through Christ to underwrite our born-again lives amid sin and evil loosed on earth. Just as God is love (1 John 4:8), wisdom is integral to His being; He has infinite wisdom, and Jesus embodies it (Proverbs personifies wisdom as feminine, yet we can grow in it).

Drawing from 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified), Christ is our wisdom, righteousness (right standing with God), sanctification (purity and holiness), and redemption (ransom from sin's penalty). These six life-changing gifts include:

1. New life in Christ with boundless opportunities.
2. Wisdom for wise decisions—short, medium, and long-term.
3. Salvation: reintroducing choice, so none need face eternal separation (fools reject God, per Proverbs).
4. Righteousness: upright relationship with a holy God (2 Corinthians 5:17—all things new).
5. Consecration: overcoming fleshly sins and temptations (God provides escape, 1 Corinthians 10:13).
6. Redemption: freed from captivity due to Adam's sin, with debts paid.

I urge committing this verse to memory—it transforms deeply. As believers, applying God's wisdom can thwart sin's effects, restoring creation's goodness. We're far more powerful through Christ's resurrection than sin's fall in Adam.

Focusing on Proverbs 4:5-11 (Amplified): "Get skillful and godly wisdom... Do not forget... Forsake not wisdom, and she will keep, defend, and protect you." Wisdom is the principal thing—prize it, and it exalts you. The Hebrew 'get' implies procuring, buying, redeeming it as a life focus. Meditate on God's Word day and night for success (Joshua 1:8). Lifting Jesus draws all (John 12:32).

As Solomon glimpsed, divine wisdom brings staggering success from God's view. Let's pursue it to live effectively and holy, drawing the unsaved. Parents, pray daily for your kids—watch for that 'third voice' like in Eden.

God bless—check livingsuccess.org for free resources to become all you can in Christ.