By JD Greear
(1) TREASURE GOD'S WORDS: 2:1 "My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you"
If you will give yourself to know God’s words, and "seek (them) like silver and search for (them) as for hidden treasures…In ch. 4 Solomon said, “in whatever you get, get insight…”!
In other words, if someone came to you tonight and said, “I’ll pay off all your bills, including your mortgage; load up your IRA; give you a lifetime allowance for vacations, any car you like; a beach home… or I can make you wise.” Take wisdom! Think about that for a few minutes.
This is one of the reasons we really want you to develop a habit of Bible reading in this series... We are providing a daily Proverbs companion for you here, one for every day of the series. It's a great way to begin the discipline of Bible reading!
(2) SEEK GOOD COUNSEL: 2:2 "and make your ear attentive to wisdom and incline your heart to understanding"
A lot of times other people can see things in our lives we cannot see, and we need to be open to them speaking into our lives. People sometimes come to me, as their pastor, and confess to me colossally idiotic things they have done, and that they are now suffering for... and I’m like, “Did you ask anybody about this before you did it? Because anyone with an IQ the piece of toast could have seen this coming.” They say, "But I prayed about it." Great. Glad you prayed. But you should have been open to the counsel of others.
God gave us the fellowship of a church, in part, so that others could see into and speak into our lives. This is one reason we encourage you, so strongly, to be in a small group. If you're not in a place where others can see into your life and in a position to make comments, there's no telling what nearsighted mistakes we'll make.
High school students... This is why you need to listen to your parents. You only see the here and now, but they see the future! You might be like, “They know what’s best for the future? But look at how they’re dressed. That can’t be wisdom…” Yes, they may not know how to dress. But in many areas of life they have wisdom. So listen to them!
(3) CALL OUT FOR INSIGHT: 2:3 "...yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding… 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path…11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you."
HT: JD Greear
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