Proverbs
1:1-9 NLT
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of
Israel. 2 Their purpose is
to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of
the wise. 3 Their purpose
is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do
what is right, just, and fair. 4 These
proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the
young. 5 Let the wise
listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
Let those with understanding receive guidance 6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the wise and their riddles. 7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but
fools despise wisdom and discipline. My
child, listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. 9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a
chain of honor around your neck.
The
world in which we live describes success and achievement based on two distinct
things. First, it is thought that
success is seen in the amount of possessions that a person owns. Second, it is thought that success is in the
numbers of degrees and experience that a person has accumulated.
Yet
I suggest that human thinking is flawed and leads to more trouble than most
people understand. Ok. That thought really comes from God who tells
us that real understanding and wisdom can only come from Him. That leads us to acknowledge the fact that
possessions, degrees and experience are also gifts from God.
For
a person to be wise they must soak up the truth of God. There are many people who have gained
knowledge without knowing God, yet connecting to God takes wisdom to a brand
new level. By our understanding that God
is the source we will hold tight to real wisdom. By hearing from God we pass on that wisdom to
others in our influence.
The
wisdom of God not only gives us insight, but this wisdom leads us to know and
do what is right. Human thinking can
reason things out, but it cannot give us the blessings that only come from our
connection to God.
Wise
people listen to wise people. Let me
give that to you little further thought.
When you are dealing with a problem, the best person to help you with
that problem is a person who has dealt with the same. This section of Proverbs and much more of the
Bible leads us into more wisdom. God
tells us to gain wisdom and we will be wiser.
What is the source of wisdom? The
answer is God. The place He put much of
that wisdom is the Bible.
There
are consequences to separating wisdom from it’s source, from God. Staying connecting or keeping the two
connected helps us to revere God and worship Him. Worship is more than the songs we sing or the
service we attend on Sunday at church.
Worship is what all of our life does.
What we treasure is worship. What
we do with our blessings is worship. How
we interact with others is worship. But
the question is what or who are we worshipping?
To
fear the Lord is to connect to wisdom.
Fearing God brings a foundation to our lives that nothing else can give.
The
wisest people I have met connect wisdom with God. Fools discount one or the other. I challenge you to acknowledge the wisdom of
God and seek out the wise people God has put in to your life. Those people make us better. Those people make us stronger. Those people allow us to see the character of
our God.
Want
wisdom? Seek God. Greater days are ahead!
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