The Wire
Lately, I’ve heard a lot of conversations about prices.
Gas prices. Grocery prices. Housing prices.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about what things should cost.
The interesting thing is that an economy survives on a surprisingly narrow wire.
A price has to be low enough that people are willing to buy, yet high enough that someone is willing to produce. Move too far in either direction and the whole system begins to wobble.
The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a reflection of something much bigger.
God’s creation is filled with these delicate tensions.
The Earth is neither too close to the Sun nor too far away. The oceans know their boundaries. The seasons arrive in their appointed time. Everywhere we look, there is evidence of a Creator who understands balance better than we do.
Human beings, however, are often drawn to the edges.
A little confidence helps us move forward. Too much and it becomes pride.
Rest restores us. Stay there too long and it becomes complacency.
Ambition can build a business, a family, even a legacy. Left unchecked, it can quietly consume the very things it was meant to serve.
I’ve come to believe that many of life’s struggles are not born from choosing the wrong path. They come from walking a good path farther than wisdom intended.
Faith requires its own kind of balance.
The courage to stand firm. The humility to remain teachable.
The confidence to trust God completely. The honesty to admit how much we still need Him.
Perhaps that’s why wisdom is spoken of so highly in Scripture.
Knowledge can tell us where the wire is.
Wisdom teaches us how to walk it.
“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.” Proverbs 3:7