For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding!- Proverbs 2:3
I’m a reader, a researcher. I’ve been a knowledge geek from a very young age. In fact, I recently found a tape recording of myself reading aloud from an encyclopedia-like book called “How To Do Just About Anything.”
So when my husband and I started trying to conceive, it was second nature for me to read as many books about pregnancy and conception I could get my hands on. My appetite for reading and researching only increased when we started seeing our infertility specialist. After each failed cycle, I’d search medical journals in hopes of figuring out which treatment or medication was right for us.
One night, after quoting some statistic I’d read, my husband gently said, “Don’t you think we should spend more time asking the Lord for wisdom than searching for it online?”
His words hit me like a punch to the ovaries! I knew he was right.
It’s so easy to get caught up in trying to gain wisdom on our own. But Proverbs 2:3 says that God is the one who gives wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
Hear me out: I’m not saying we shouldn’t do our homework and educate ourselves on our diagnoses and our treatment options. God also gave us brains and the capacity to learn and think. We should use those gifts to their greatest extent.
But we cannot rely on our own brains to help us fully understand or make decisions about our infertility. We must rely on God to give us the insight we need.
As you pray today, ask God to give you wisdom when making decisions about your family-building options and treatment options. Ask Him to help you rely on the knowledge He gives you- not your own understanding.
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