-Proverbs 2-
for you lazy blog readers: it's simply READ. SEEK. PERSIST.
1. Read the Words of God to know what He says
verse 1. My son, if you receive my words
and treasure my commands,
2. Seek to understand by listening (meaning stop talking and just listen). Then incline your heart (desire) to want to want to want to know the many parts that don't make sense, especially in regards to your life in alignment!
Verse 2-Turning your ear to wisdom,
inclining your heart to understanding;
3. Persist in step two but with the vigor of one crying out in the streets! Search her out (I find desperation in the search is very helpful...so if you're desperate that's a good thing!)
Look as when you look and seek the things you usually treasure (money, beauty, success, etc! We do crazy things to get what we want, and this verse is asking us to use that same determination when we "look for" understanding and intelligence.
Verse 3 and 4- Yes, if you call for intelligence,
and to understanding raise your voice;
If you seek her like silver,
and like hidden treasures search her out,
4. Voila!
Verse 5- Then will you understand the fear of the Lord;
the knowledge of God you will find;
What? That's crazy....crazy true!
And the chapter goes on...
For the Lord gives wisdom,
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 He has success in store for the upright,
is the shield of those who walk honestly,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
protecting the way of his faithful ones,
9 Then you will understand what is right and just,
what is fair, every good path;
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
knowledge will be at home in your soul,
11 Discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you;
12 [c]Saving you from the way of the wicked,
from those whose speech is perverse.
13 From those who have left the straight paths
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Who delight in doing evil
and celebrate perversity;
15 Whose ways are crooked,
whose paths are devious;
16 [d]Saving you from a stranger,
from a foreign woman with her smooth words,
17 One who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 For her path sinks down to death,
and her footsteps lead to the shades.[e]
19 None who enter there come back,
or gain the paths of life.
20 Thus you may walk in the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the just.
21 [f]For the upright will dwell in the land,
people of integrity will remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
the faithless will be rooted out of it.
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My theology as of now, however, does not view this as a guarantee, but a GRACE. God doesn't have to give us anything, let alone wisdom or understanding. He can do what He wants, He's God (something I discovered after step 3), and this chapter sings a glorious splendor of His majesty all gushing forth and brightly reigning!
Jmegrey.
My faith and confidence in The Lord skyrocketed when I looked at these verses and felt the real grit and glory of them. I pray it does the same for you as you search for wisdom and understanding, and not your own (which if you're honest you know has way too many pot holes), but there is an understanding that reaches to God. I am certain. And I love that I can say that: "I am certain."
I just imagined that if I had a creative photographer to bring these words to picture-life it would be pretty cool.
(Note to self)
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