Life is such an adventure. We have never lived on earth before. We have never been this age before. We have never been in this situation as a planet before. There are so many unknowns, it is either nerve racking or adventure filled. No wonder people try to predict, prophesy, interpret or declare what they believe is happening or going to happen. Our need to be in the know about things we know very little about is palpable.

So, why do I call life an adventure? Because it is less about what we know and more about who we know. When we know the God who created the earth and said when it was dark, let there be light and light was, we know He is all knowing, so we don’t need to know much. One of our greatest challenges is we do not like to be childlike. Children should not have a care in the world. They should enjoy the life of a child. The challenge we have is we care too much about what is going on in the world and we are riddled with fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, loneliness, and bad theology about God.

When you know who is in charge, who created you, who holds the whole world in His hands, you, with me can see life as an adventure not a place of anxiety and fear about things we can’t control. Proverbs 1 says, “Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. He who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

God is Wisdom and Wisdom is God, not earthly wisdom, not human wisdom, the Wisdom that is God, and when we listen to God, to the Holy Spirit that is Wisdom personified, we have no fear of the dread of evil. Friends, in the words of the old hymn, Oh what peace we often forfeit all because we do not turn to God in prayer. James 1 says, “If anyone lacks wisdom He can ask God and He will give it freely without finding fault.” Wisdom is what makes life a great adventure because with Wisdom in your ear there is nothing to fear.