Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Proverbs 8:1 says, Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?  Solomon asks doesn't wisdom cry out to us.  Wisdom and understanding are easy to find if we are truly seeking them.  The wisdom and understanding of God's call to follow Him are easily understandable.  Even a child can understand God's call.  Verse two states, She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.   Wisdom, which can really only come from God, is all around us if we are looking for it.  Far from being hidden, wisdom cries to us from the high places.  Verse three adds, She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.  I believe that we can say that the wisdom of God calls out to us from everywhere.  I believe this means that instead of not being able to understand God's wisdom, which comes from His word, we must reject it instead.  No one will be able to stand before God and claim that He never revealed Himself to that person.  Verse four declares, Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.  God calls everyone to Him.  God may work through His followers to reach people with the message of Christ, but He is already at work calling them to Him.  We have the responsibility to share the gospel, but we cannot cause anyone to accept it.  This is entirely between each individual and God.  Until someone responds to God's call in faith, no matter how loudly the wisdom of God is proclaimed, it will mean nothing to that person.  Verse five says, O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.  We do not have to be the brightest student to understand the wisdom of God.  Even simple, foolish people can understand God's call to Christ, which is the first step toward wisdom and understanding.  Then, once we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, we have the Holy Spirit to lead us to a greater understanding of God.  Verse six declares, Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.  In order to understand Gods word, or the wisdom of God, we must first listen to God.  Even when studying God's written word for us, the Bible, we must do so under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  When we do listen to God's word, we do hear things that are right.  Verse seven says, For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  God's word is always the truth.  We cannot pick and choose which parts of God's word to believe.  We must accept all of God's word as truth, even if we do not fully understand parts of it, for example, the events of the second coming.  We are to accept the truth of the second coming, but cannot know the date of it.  Verse eight says, All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.  God's word is always righteous.  There is really nothing to add to that statement, other than the fact that we should therefore believe it.  Verse nine says, They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.  God's words are plain enough, and lead us to knowledge and understanding of God.  Understanding God's word begins with believing in Jesus as our Savior and making Him the Lord of our life, and this is done through faith.  It is so simple even a child can understand it.  Verse ten declares, Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.  This tells us to value God's word more than silver or gold.  We, as followers of Christ, cannot allow the things of this world to become more important than God's word.  Verse eleven adds, For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.  This is the wisdom of God and what His word teaches us, and not the wisdom of the world.  True wisdom can only come from God.  Verse twelve says, I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.  Wisdom of God leads us to prudence, and knows the way that all witty inventions, of which we have many.

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