With the pandemic, a number of experts have appeared on the news. You have to respect their knowledge and experience. However, they are not always correct in their assessments and projections. We shouldn’t fault them for that as this pandemic has caused us to face a number of issues that we have not seen before. Still, we need to follow their advice as they have the best information available.
That does not mean, however, that we should follow the advice of everyone who claims to be an expert. For instance, I don’t listen to a financial consultant who is not better off financially than I am. We shouldn’t listen to marriage consultants who are not happily married and have been for many years.
So called experts offer advice on social, emotional, political, and religious interests. We need to be careful who we listen to. God has a lot to say about this worldly wisdom. I Corinthians 1:18-19 says, “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will do destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.'” Real wisdom is found in God alone. Real expertise is found in the creator of all things.
Reluctant Retiree 