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Wisdom

Today's readings are in Proverbs 1, 2, 3. The subject is "wisdom".

"Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God." (Proverbs 2: 2 - 5 NLT)

One of my dictionaries describes wisdom as: "wisdom - the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight" The life of every believer in Jesus Christ is called to live in wisdom.

Where does it come from? The end of vs 5 says that it results in "gaining knowledge of God." He says to tune our ears to it...look for it in every place we find ourselves. "Where is the wise here?" If the answer is "there is none", then question whether that place is even where we should be. The author says "cry out for insight", "ask for understanding". Insight looks beyond the surface...sees into the circumstances and seeks to understand - "what is going on here?"
Insight
Understanding
Search
Seek
Wisdom!

Jesus said, "I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE." How is he those things? How is he "THE WAY"? The writer of the Proverbs often uses the word "Path" to describe the Way. God's "ways" are not our ways...never have been, never will be. In God's ways there is wisdom about life, the world, the flesh, the devil. Tune to the wisdom of God and discover his ways...and recognize what the Proverbs writer challenges us to:

Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)

Peace
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