Wisdom or Woe

 

Burrowing owls




"...so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God!" (1 Corinthians 2:5)

A highlight of our recent visit to Marco Island was watching the small burrowing owls that lodge in underground holes they dig for themselves or borrow from a ground squirrel or tortoise.

Man says the owl symbolizes inner wisdom, good luck, or self-actualization. The Bible, on the other hand, actually calls owls unclean birds because they are among the predators who eat flesh with blood in it. The books of Isaiah and Zephaniah speak of owls living in wastelands symbolizing barrenness and utter desolation.

So what am I trying to say? Only God's wisdom in His word is the correct lamp to guide us and true light for our path (Psalm 119:105). For "there is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12)  

Live life, beloved, by the infallible wisdom of God, not the flawed ways of man.