"A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered" (Prov. 17:27).
What a gift that would be! When I was a little girl, I admired and yet feared my mother's father. Granddaddy was tall, slim and handsome, but he said very little. The most he would speak at one time was when he was preaching or teaching the word . His messages were not usually long, but always profound. He spent a lot of his time reading and studying and listening to others. He calculated his conversations, thinking and selecting his words carefully. When he spoke, everyone listened because he didn't speak unless he had something to say. He was wise, insightful, smart, understanding and full of faith. If you had a question you couldn't answer about anything, you would go to him. If you had a prayer request, you asked him to pray and then watched the Lord answer it. He was just that kind of man. A man of integrity, an honest man, a humble man, a man who spent time with and feared the Lord! A man full of wisdom!
Why was he content to speak so few words? How come he wasn't concerned with dazzling people with his wisdom or intelligence? Why was he content to listen and learn? Because he had learned a secret. The wisdom and understanding and intelligence belonged to the Lord. If you have true wisdom than you know it's all about Him! Not us.
My grandfather died leaving his children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews with a spiritual legacy. He also left us with an example of what a person of righteous living was all about and what they received from the Lord! He left us with the knowledge of what a truly wise person is like - a person who is made in the image of God.
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