Proverbs
4:7 – Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and in all you’re
getting, get understanding.
Bible
Challenges and Comments
Many
years have passed since I was a young sailor on a ship visiting Bermuda, we had
only been on the Island one day and several sailors were in trouble with the
local police. A half dozen sailors of 1st division “deck hands”
rented little mopeds to get around town. After a night of drinking and such,
instead of returning the mopeds to the rental shop just a few yards from where
the ship was moored, they drove right by and drove the little bikes right off
the pier.
No,
no… I was not one of those men, but as an unbeliever I did think; “wow! I wish I
had thought of that!” but I would not have done the thing anyway since I am not
a good swimmer. The thought in my mind this morning is, “fools despise wisdom
and instruction” and as a result they cause much damage in a moment of
ignorance. Reading in Proverbs 4 it is for me the challenge that God provides to
remove as much ignorance from the mind of those who walk by faith and not by
sight.
How
is your walk today? Is it by faith or by sight; or do you consider yourself a
fence walker? These are personal questions so I do not what an answer from you;
I have enough to deal with on my own. It is a daily task to stay on the path of
faith. Wisdom and understanding is just one source of instruction that comes
from God to keep us on the right path. How unfortunate it is for the saint of
God, to chase after “gold or silver” before he or she has the precious reward
of the Wisdom and Understanding that God provides in the Holy Bible.
Notice
Proverbs 4:10-13 – Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your
life will be many. I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in
right paths, when you walk, your steps will not be hindered and when you run
you will not stumble. Take firm hold on instruction, do not let go; keep her,
for she is your life and do not enter the pathway of the wicked.
God
has provided for the believer in Jesus Christ in every way. We have the
Righteousness of Jesus Christ, the Power of the Holy Spirit and the Provision
of God our Father in all Wisdom and Understanding. Gold and Silver will perish
but the Word of will never perish. So we need to daily put on the LORD Jesus
Christ and make no provision for the flesh, Rom 13:14, then you will not be
running off the end of the world who has no hope.
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