Prov 2- March Through Proverbs
It’s March 2… read proverbs 2
Today was some good news - that wisdom is possible and attainable. I think it’s easy to think sometimes that there’s there’s a kind of ability for making choices that doesn’t come to people. But Proverbs promises that is you look for Wisdom (capitalized because i think sometimes it’s another name for God), you can and will find it - namesly because God gives wisdom.
Proverbs 2:2–6 (NIV)
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.
Today (Prov 2) was also the start of kinda a scary theme in Proverbs the seductive danger of wickedness. That wickedness - using the (possible) metaphor of a sexual temptress throws herself out there and somehow makes you want to give up on something that you’ve committed to. I think it’s a really good metaphor for the ease in which go down a path to sin - a path that goes to the grave. Wisdom keeps saves us from much suffering.
Proverbs 2:16–20 (NIV)
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.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.
(Source: suttersaga.com)
