Proverbs 1: 20-32
Proverbs 1 : 20-32
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speach: "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you. But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you - when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me and I will not answer, they will look for me and will not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did not fear the Lord, since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled in the fruit of their schemes. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm." (NIV)
WOW! I was picturing in my mind, wisdom standing in the streets of our cities, here in the present day United States. Wisdom cries out (from the scriptures) and wisdom is unheard over the noise of the city. People delighting in their simple ways (according to my footnote, simple refers to "one without moral direction and inclined to evil"). Reading these verses, written thousands of years ago, it seems like it was written by someone observing any present day city. A political commentary could not be more accurate today, to describe the state of our world. It shows me that we as humans just don't get it. God has been telling us for thousands of years that if we follow his word, things will be better, and we turn to our 'simple' ways and act as if we don't know any better. I read the warning at the end of these versus and it describes exactly what we see as products of our society that turns from God's wisdom.
Could it be any clearer that God knows the hearts of man? He has predicted the ways of man for thousands of years. It is very clear to me that turning to the wisdom of God does nothing but benefit MAN! I've never met an old Christian that has said, "I sure do regret all that time I spent studying God's word. It sure was a big waste of my time." I bet you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that lives by His wisdom that would have anything but glorious things to say. This emphasizes the importance of continuing with this study and soaking up as much of God's great knowledge as my feeble mind can handle.
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