THE WISDOM OF THE JUST

THE WISDOM OF THE JUST

And he shall go before him in the spirit 

and power of Elias, to turn the hearts 

of the fathers to the children, and the 

disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to 

make ready a people prepared for the 

Lord (Luke 1:17).

“The disobedient” in our opening text, following 

the  original  Greek  rendering,  means  one 

who can’t be persuaded; one who’s headstrong and 

doesn’t want to go in the right direction. He or she 

deliberately  chooses  to  do  wrong.  There’re  such 

people  today;  They’re  unyielding;  even  when  they 

know the truth, they choose to do otherwise. They’re 

unwilling to submit to the Word of God, which is the 

wisdom of God. 

Part  of  the  responsibility  of  those  whom  the 

Lord has sent with His message of truth is to turn the 

hearts  of  these  disobedient  folks  to  the  wisdom  of 

the just. The wisdom of the just refers to the mindset 

of the righteous. It’s a mind that’s yielded and given 

to the Word—easily persuaded by the Word to act in 

conformity to the Word. 

Such a person is willing to accept the Word, and 

to make adjustments on the basis of the Word. That’s 

functioning  in  the  wisdom  of  the  just.  True  wisdom 

is  living  in,  and  by  God’s  Word;  being  influenced 

and propelled by the Word to the right thoughts and 

actions. 

1  Peter  4:17  says, “For  the  time  is  come  that 

judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it 

first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that 

obey not the gospel of God?” The underlined portion 

of  the  preceding  verse  is  the  verb  of  the  noun  we 

read in Luke 1:17: “ that obey not.”  The Greek word 

is  “Apeitheo,”  meaning  the  disobedient;  one  who’s 

willfully disobedient and unbelieving; the foolish. The 

Bible says,  “The fool says in his heart, “There is no 

God...” (Psalm 14:1 NIV). 

Being born again, you have a different mindset: the 

mindset of the just. Therefore, be swayed and easily 

moved by the Word of God; take your actions on the 

basis of the Word. It doesn’t matter how something 

appears, or that you find it appealing to the senses or 

your  emotions,  if  the  Word  of  God  says  otherwise, 

conform  to  the  Word.  Discipline  yourself  to  accept 

and live by the Word of God only. 

PRAYER

Blessed Lord, I’m totally yielded and committed to 

you. I appreciate the power of your Word in my life. 

I’ll always be a success, because my decisions and 

actions are based on your Word. Your wisdom is at 

work in me, propelling me in the path of greatness, 

victories, joy and peace, today and always, in Jesus’ 

Name. Amen.  

FURTHER STUDY:

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

John 20:19-31 & 1 Chronicles 23-25

1 Corinthians 16:1-12 & Ecclesiastes 5-6

Colossians 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 1:22