There is an excellent message here from Timothy Paul Jones, entitled “Wisdom Starts Here.”

Sometimes, well-intended Christians think God’s will is like a series of doors that God opens and, if we miss any one of these opportunities, we’ve ruined God’s will for our lives. That leaves us living with the weight of constantly wondering, “What did I miss…” and “If only I had done that….”

When we become trapped in this kind of rumination about God’s will, every choice feels like a paralyzing crisis because, if we make one wrong step, our whole life is ruined and maybe other people’s lives too . . . That’s not how God’s will works . . . God’s will is not a secret door you have to discover; it’s more like a path on which you take a step, then step again and again and again, and choose to do the next right thing.

How do I become the kind of person who does the next right thing? Here are three simple truths from the Proverbs that provide you with a place to start when it comes to becoming a wise person: (1) stay teachable, (2) start with fear, and (3) know from the start that your wisdom is never enough.