May 13, 2024
Read Deuteronomy 27, Proverbs 8, Romans 8
Think back to a time when you received an important phone call or received an unexpected phone call from someone important. Who was it? Was it setting up an important date with a perspective boyfriend/girlfriend? Was it a call to let you know that you had been accepted into a program or had won something? Did you talk to someone famous?
Proverbs 8 talks about one of the most important calls we can answer as Christians, and as people in general. “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?” v. 1. And then in verse 4, “To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.” Wisdom calls out to everyone, but not everyone answers the call and receives her.
The rest of the chapter in Proverbs tells us the benefits of heeding wisdom’s call.
First, wisdom will never lead you down the wrong path. “Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. 7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. 8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. 9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge” vv. 6-9. What are so things that you need wisdom for today?
Second, wisdom has rewards for those who listen to her call. “With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. 19 My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, 21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full” vv. 18-21.
What else do you see in these chapters? What words, phrases, or themes stand out to you?
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