Wisdom is mightier than power

11- 11- 2021
Thursday
#48

I was told the story of a very powerful man who once lives in front of our house. The man was very huge and he had muscles. He does exercise and lifts the weight outside his house every morning. Childrens in the street calls him the Big man.

The man was always proud of his fitness. Other men in the street dare not attack him for doing something wrong, because they know what the outcome would be. A lot of people fear him in the street, they give him a lot of respect because they know if they pass their boundary, he would destroy their faces.

One day, a man who came to visit one of the neighbors in the street challenged the big man due to what he has heard about his pride and arrogance. He then told the big man that all his power is nothing compared to what he is capable of. The big man laughed and laughed because this man that challenged him had no muscle.

They challenged each other to carry ten (10) bags of cement each from one end of the street to the other end. Our street was one of the longest. It is over 200m long. They placed a bet on it, that anybody that wins (takes all the cement to the other end of the street) takes all the money.

They called some people out to witness their bet. They ordered 20 bags of cement, 10 for the big man and 10 for the other man. They started the challenge, Immediately they started, the big guy carried two cements, one on the left shoulder and the other on the right shoulder. He started moving fast with 50kg cement on both shoulders.

The other man couldn't even lift a cement, not to talk of carrying it a long distance. To show that wisdom is mightier than power, the man called a tricycle and loaded it with the cements, and drove it to the end of the street.

He got there, offloaded the cement, and paid the driver. Minutes later, the big man showed, sweating with the two cements on his shoulder. When he saw the man at the finish line already, he was shocked and didn't know when the two cements he was carrying fell and burst.

What's all this? How come? This is a cheat!! "The big man shouted angrily".

By that time, a lot of people have gathered around them. The witnesses of the challenge came and gave the money to the winner.

It's not by power "the winner said". In our agreement which a lot of people witnessed, we said the first person to take the cements to the other side of the street. We never said with the use of shoulder or without the use of vehicle, did we?

No!!!!!!!!! "the witnesses replied"

The big man became ashamed as the people of the street mocked him. He never expected what happened. It is this shame that made him pack out of the street a week later.

The Bible proves that wisdom is greater than power

The books of Ecclesiastes 9:16 and Proverbs 24:5 shows that Wisdom is better than power

The bible also said; wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom and in all your getting get understanding.

If you have wisdom, there is power embedded in the wisdom. You can do anything with the wisdom of God. King Solomon never asked for power, yet he became the wisest and richest king in history because he asked for wisdom and knowledge.

So many people have the resources of being great in life, but they don't have the wisdom to utilize them. The rich and famous people you see in the world today made use of wisdom. Some pursued what they know they are good at doing, while some tried something new, something that has never been done before. Isn't that wisdom?

Let's be mindful of what we ask for. It is not by who started first, but by who ends well.

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