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James 3:18
18 And [de] the fruit [karpos] of righteousness [dikaiosune] is sown [speiro] in [en] peace [eirene] of them that make [poieo] peace [eirene]. KJV-Interlinear
18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. NASB
The wisdom of the world is sown in strife, by those who pursue strife or selfish ends, and its only result is more strife, conflict, contention, dissension, and such .
The wisdom from heaven is sown by those who pursue Gods Word, and the result of their activity is peace, calm, harmony, prosperity, security, and ultimately happiness.
Our objective in this life, in this world, is not to become successful, wealthy, popular, influential, and so forth as the world defines these things. Not that these things are bad in themselves, for they are not inherently bad.
But, our objective in this life is to achieve peace. And peace achievement comes through spiritual growth to spiritual maturity.
All of those other things may come to you, if that is Gods will, because He may use you in achieving some other purpose of His, in His divine plan for human history.
Certainly all of those things, and much more, will be made available in eternity and in phenomenal abundance, for that is one of our goals in our eternal life (to be abundantly happy and more), which exists in eternity only.
While in this world, problems do exist, and misery seems to be the centerpiece of life, but then, this life is temporary only. This life in this world is our training ground, our learning center, our growth environment, preparing us for the next life.
The wisdom of this world produces only one thing, and that is a false sense of peace, a delusion, unreasonable expectations, disorientation to reality, a guaranteed path to misery and failure in life.
The wisdom of God, produces genuine peace, a relaxed mental attitude, poise, stability, and more. And eventually, phenomenal blessings that not one person, not the whole of humanity, can even begin to imagine.
