Have you ever thought that for every 10 minutes you spend in your Bible each day, you spend

1,430 minutes outside of your Bible? So the question is, do you feel equipped to engage with

today's culture where you spend the vast majority of your time? The truth is, if you're a Christian,

you're an outsider. I know you feel like an outsider, but do you know

that God's called you to be an outsider? He wants you to be a joyful outsider. Now, not all

outsiders are the same. You can discover how God has uniquely called you to engage with today's

culture in our new book, Joyful Outsiders. Find more information and start reading today at joyful

outsiders.com. Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life

in the time it takes to get to work. I'm Keith Simon. What's the main thing you need more of in your

life? That's a hard question to answer, isn't it? I mean, I need lots of things. Maybe when you ask

yourself what you need more of, you'd say, I need more vacation time, or I need a better job or a better

boss or a more understanding spouse or better behaved kids. I don't

know what's on your list. But high on my list of things that I should want more of, like things I really

need, but I don't often recognize how much I need it. And I think you're going to agree that you need

this too. But it's wisdom. Like you can Google information. You can go to the

internet and get knowledge, but you can't Google wisdom. We're told that we live in the knowledge

economy. We're told that we live in the information age. But no one ever says we live in the age of

wisdom. Wisdom is rare. But maybe you need wisdom navigating difficult relationships.

Or maybe you need wisdom deciding if you should change jobs. Or maybe you need wisdom and whether to

trust a friend who's betrayed you. Or maybe you need wisdom to make an investment. I know this. Every

parent needs wisdom when it comes to raising their children. So you probably agree with me that we all need wisdom to live our life. Since we all need wisdom, I wonder why we don't ask God for it more than we do. My guess is it's because we think we can handle most things on our own. We ask God for wisdom for the big things, but not the everyday things. Let me give you an example.

Let's say that you had cancer and they offered you two different treatments. I bet you'd pray for

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