The Search for Wisdom begins

Proverbs 1: 1to 6 (King James Version)
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

I always thought that wisdom is something you get when you pray for it. You pray and ask God for wisdom and he gives you wisdom. It’s true that God grants us wisdom when we ask for it but what I didn’t realize is that wisdom is not just something that comes to your head when you ask for it. A person doesn’t become wise just by praying or sitting under a tree. You have to study, you have to search, you have to experience and you have practice it to truly become wise.
So where do we begin our search for wisdom? What better place to begin than starting with God’s word. When God said he will give us wisdom (James 1:5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.) he says he gives it generously, all we have to do is take a little trouble to look in the right place for it.