1 Corinthians 3:18-20 – 18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness” ; 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
Too smart for God. We see that more and more in our society. Science has become the God for many and what’s sad is if the all the data collected was looked at closely it all points to God and creation.
So why does the world try to be wise without God? Because you can’t serve yourself if you acknowledge there is a God whom has expectations out there. If a person acknowledges God is real it puts a damper on selfish living.
That leads to another issue that is getting worse every day. People are obsessed with wanting to serve a God that thinks exactly the way they do. When they change their mind about something God does too. It’s convenient that way and they don’t have to conform to anything their not comfortable with.
Wisdom comes from God. Wisdom does not come from man. The old saying is listen to someone that has aged and gone through many things. They are full of wisdom. That’s true to a certain point, but I will tell you that there is still worldly wisdom and then there is Godly wisdom. Someone 75 years old that doesn’t have God may have some interesting things to say and be filled with a lot of knowledge. It may create shortcuts and cut back the time of worldly failure for you. However, without God, if one takes their last breath unsaved, that wisdom proved worthless going into eternity.
Seek the Lord’s wisdom. All else is foolishness.