A wise [man] will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, Proverbs 1:5 (NKJV)
We are the generation with the highest proliferation, fastest flow of, and easiest access to information but unfortunately, we are the most uninformed, we are almost entirely dependent on others and gadgets to remember, process, and gainfully use and apply simple basic information.
This is because we have left the basic wisdom of paying attention to what we hear, or see.
Do you take time to really hear what you’re hearing, see what you’re seeing? Or are you just scrolling or flipping the pages and channels of life?
Years ago, people could save and recall quite a significant list of phone numbers in their heads.
Today most of us the only phone number we know by head is our own. A few know the ones of their spouses from head.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing…Romans 10:17. Wisdom comes the same way. That’s not hearing so many things all at once but one thing at a time. It’s paying attention to the one important thing now until you fully know and understand what’s in it to the point you can apply it profitably in life. To hear is to pay attention, it is to increase learning and it is to be wise.