The Value of Wisdom
2 My son, if you receive my words and
treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear
attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3 yes,
if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if
you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden
treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of
the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives
wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 he
stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those
who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of
justice and watching over the way of his saints. 9 Then
you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
10 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 12 delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, 13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, 15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. 16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman, from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words, 17 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;[c] 19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, 22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
10 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 12 delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, 13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, 15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. 16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman, from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words, 17 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;[c] 19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, 22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
This week at
our church we begin the sermon series title “The Faith Hunt”, and we approach
it from the perspective of Proverbs 2. Proverbs 2 is the perfect platform for
us as many seek guidance from God on how to act in regards to football players
kneeling, saber rattling between the United States and North Korea, and the
worlds severe weather and geological events.
Beloved,
just as we begin a new study as to learn about God’s direction for our lives,
so go the words from Proverbs 2 that are here to teach those that are willing
to be taught. Yes, how do we address the things of the world that are
distressing us, how to we approach those life changing decisions that we need
to make?
- · Wisdom and Knowledge are the key to our discernment.
Just as
Solomon has taken God’s law as to live in faith and obedience, we are called to
seek out God’s wisdom when making decisions, and making earthly choices. Seeking
out God’s wisdom is crucial in navigating the issues and discussions on this
earth.
James 1:19
tells us: Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear,
slow to speak, slow to anger.
My friends
as you go forward in this troublesome world love God, live for God and obey His
words for your lives righteously.
See you at
the sermon series and bible studies in October, as we all continue on the “Faith
Hunt”.
This is the
day that the Lord has made.
Pastor Tim.
