Proverbs II

Proverbs 2

Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
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 holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a]
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

Once again, Proverbs 2 mentions wisdom nearly a dozen times. The section heading is even "Moral Benefits of Wisdom" which really summarizes it up.

I find that verse 2 is a good verse to live by. We must turn our ears and apply our hearts.

Just a few days ago, our pastor was talking about how you can read a proverb each day and find one thing that sticks out to you. Once you find it, you make it your goal to live it out that day. This verse (v2) can be lived out today, tomorrow, and everyday for the rest of time.

V.6-10 speak about the wisdom from the Lord. It comes from his mouth, he is a shield, he guards and protects the faithful ones.

Once again in v 13, we are told that wisdom will save us from the ways of the wicked. Have you gotten the picture yet? Wisdom is crucial.

The rest of the chapter goes on to tell us the effects of wisdom.

So what is wisdom? Well, the dictionary says this; "the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise."

There is a general idea, but what is wisdom in the name of faith and our Lord?

To be quite honest, I am not really sure what spiritual wisdom is or when you really "have" it. I know that many of the people I look up to are wiser than me. Wisdom seems to be a general understanding and love and experience in whatever field we may be speaking of. The older you get, the wiser you become generally because you have experienced so much more.

The greatest thing about all of this? We don't have to know what it is or when it will be bestowed upon us. The Lord promises us all things will come to us in good time. "I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection." (this quote is on the cover of my simplified journal by Emily Ley. If you do not know about her and her products, you are missing out.)

Happy Friday my loves!

Best wishes,
Grace