TuesdayDecember 30 The Call of Wisdom Read Proverbs 1:20-21. How is wisdom presented here? What is being told to us? While the sinners “lie in wait” and “lurk secretly” (Proverbs 1:11, 18, NKJV), wisdom “calls aloud outside” (Proverbs 1:20, NKJV), “cries out in the chief concourses” (Proverbs 1:21, NKJV), and “speaks her words” (Proverbs 1:21, NKJV). Wisdom is here personified, and her offer is given to the man and the woman on the street. It is for everyone in the real business of life. Amid the noise and rancor of so many products and so many sellers, the call of wisdom must be loud; otherwise, she would not be heard against the clamor of so many other voices. Read Proverbs 1:22-32. What is the result of rejecting wisdom? The reason that people reject wisdom has nothing to do with wisdom itself and everything to do with the character of those who reject her. These are described as arrogant and disdainful (Proverbs 1:25, compare with vs.30), as if they know better. The implication is that wisdom is for the naive and the simple. And yet those who reject wisdom are simple and naive; they are fools who “hate knowledge” (Proverbs 1:22, NKJV; compare with vs. 29). Those who reject wisdom will reap the fruit of their rejection. Having refused to choose the fear of the Lord, they will have to be content with themselves: they will be “full with their own fancies” (Proverbs 1:31, NKJV). When we reject wisdom from above, we often end up with the fables and lies that we fabricate for ourselves, or the fables and lies that others fabricate for us and that we so readily accept. In this way, we replace God with idols. Ironically, those who despise religion, mocking those they judge as simple and naive, often are superstitious in their own way, placing value on the most fleeting and useless of things that, in the end, can never satisfy the most basic needs of the heart. Read Proverbs 1:33. Given the context in what came before, what promise and hope is found here for us? How is this promise manifested in our own experience?
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:53:05 +0000
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