The Value of Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 9:18)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Ecclesiastes 9:18, David Platt explains how valuable wisdom is for the Christian life.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.2	Ecclesiastes 9 verse 18, wisdom is better than weapons of war. That's a good verse, isn't it?
0:13.6	What a brief, potent verse. Wisdom is better than weapons of war. Let's just memorize that verse.
0:24.5	Let's hide it in our heart so that we can meditate on it all day long.
0:29.0	Just say it, maybe out loud with me. Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
0:35.7	What is that? Seven words. Let's say it again. Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
0:44.0	And this is part of what biblical meditation is about, like really letting the words of scripture
0:49.6	soak into our minds and our hearts. So they're just second nature. Wisdom is better than weapons of
0:58.7	war. And think about what this is saying. Think about the power of wisdom. Think about weapons
1:06.0	in warfare. Even as we see war happening around us in the world, in Ukraine right now. And we see
1:14.5	news about missiles and guns. And we think about advancements in technology that have created
1:24.9	weapons that people a century ago couldn't have even imagined. But what's better than the best weapon,
1:33.5	the most strategic weapon, the most advanced weapon, what's better than any weapon of war? Wisdom.
1:40.3	Wisdom is better than weapons of war. Use the symmetry that we see in other places in the Bible,
1:47.2	place like Ephesians 6, we live in constant warfare. There is a spiritual battle raging around
1:54.2	every one of us today. There is an adversary today who wants to destroy your life, who wants to
2:00.0	destroy your marriage, if you're married, your family wants to destroy not just your life but people's
2:05.3	lives around you wants to destroy the church you're a part of. Ephesians 6 makes clear with the
2:12.4	spiritual weapons that God has given us. And one of those spiritual weapons, Ecclesiastes 9 verse 18,
2:18.7	is wisdom. And it's better. It's better than any physical weapon could be. Wisdom is better than
2:27.1	weapons of war. So let's pray for this. God, we pray amidst the spiritual battle we are in
2:34.1	in our lives. And for other people's lives around us, God, we pray that you'd help us to live wisely
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