A Prayer about the Wisdom We Desperately Need

Jesus, our Wisdom,

Some of us need your wisdom 

for making crucial decisions 

about our lives, our work, our families, our homes.

Some of us need your wisdom 

for dealing with daily decisions 

about potty-training, barking dogs, loud neighbors, and difficult teammates.

Help us to remember that we need not trust in our own wisdom or in worldly wisdom. 

We have access to your wisdom—

wisdom wiser than that of Aristotle or Confucious or Winnie-the-Pooh’s friend Owl.

Indeed, you are the one who “became to us wisdom from God,” 

who “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man,” 

who holds “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (1 Corinthians 1:30; Luke 2:52; Colossians 2:3).

As we make crucial decisions and daily decisions, 

may we seek your wisdom from above, 

and may we seek to live out 

your love, mercy, and grace in every moment of our lives.  

In your wise name we ask. Amen.

Read 1 Corinthians 1:30; Luke 2:52; Colossians 2:3.