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If we’re not connected to Jesus, we can’t possibly make life work. In fact, it’s not just us pursuing Jesus, for Jesus first pursued us.

Our lived experience of life is that it is not just about rationality and perception and a reductionist materialism it’s about moral choices and political compromises and emotional engagement and spiritual encounters.

Many of us are unhappy because we’re fighting God at the point of his sovereignty. We’ve never surrendered our agenda to his control.

Since true wisdom comes from outside ourselves and from God himself, we have to examine where our reliance is placed.

James talks about wisdom in his letter again and again because wisdom matters more than money or education or good looks. A wise person is someone who makes smart choices that produce a beautiful life marked by a gentle spirit.

What constitutes good advice in a world where pithy quotes abound on social media, apparently encouraging, even inspirational, but often also inane, shallow and downright misleading?

Our task is to grasp this, and every, moment and live it to the full in the light of the glory of God.