Wednesday, February 16, 2011
mystery exposed.
What is wisdom? How can I attain it?
Proverbs 9:10 “ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
To even begin to taste the sweetness of the Lord's wisdom we must learn to fear Him. But do we really understand the meaning of the word fear?
It took some seeking but I found it in Proverbs 2.
My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
And find the knowledge of God.
It starts with DESIRE, with PASSION in our hearts to seek out His hidden treasures. SEEK, INCLINE, APPLY, CRY OUT, LIFT YOUR VOICE, SEEK, SEARCH, SEEK!
THEN you will understand.
But it gets deeper than that.
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
So then what defines evil? What is it that I need to hate in order to fear the Lord in order to grow in wisdom?
Proverbs 6 tells of evil things the Lord hates, that we are to follow in His hatred towards-
These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
Dang, is that convicting or what...
A proud look.... How many times have we fallen in that?
A lying tongue, hmmm...
maybe we've never physically shed innocent blood but Matthew 5 says-
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.
Bam, been there.
Devising wicked plans, swift running towards evil, false witness, lies, sowing discord...
I can hear the gavel strike the sound block over and over and over and over in judgement. I am a terrible sinner, I have done the very things the Lord HATES. But He sent His son for this very reason, to cover us in His blood, His merciful blood of forgiveness. Wow.
But grace and mercy isn't an excuse to follow after evil, the rain of his forgiveness isn't reason to go roll around in filth, in the book of John, Jesus said-
“If you love Me, keep My commandments."
Brothers, sisters, we are to WALK as Christ did. We are to HATE, to ABHOR these things as HE does and we are to LOVE one another as He has loved us.
That is wisdom.
Proverbs 9:10 “ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
To even begin to taste the sweetness of the Lord's wisdom we must learn to fear Him. But do we really understand the meaning of the word fear?
It took some seeking but I found it in Proverbs 2.
My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
And find the knowledge of God.
It starts with DESIRE, with PASSION in our hearts to seek out His hidden treasures. SEEK, INCLINE, APPLY, CRY OUT, LIFT YOUR VOICE, SEEK, SEARCH, SEEK!
THEN you will understand.
But it gets deeper than that.
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
So then what defines evil? What is it that I need to hate in order to fear the Lord in order to grow in wisdom?
Proverbs 6 tells of evil things the Lord hates, that we are to follow in His hatred towards-
These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
Dang, is that convicting or what...
A proud look.... How many times have we fallen in that?
A lying tongue, hmmm...
maybe we've never physically shed innocent blood but Matthew 5 says-
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.
Bam, been there.
Devising wicked plans, swift running towards evil, false witness, lies, sowing discord...
I can hear the gavel strike the sound block over and over and over and over in judgement. I am a terrible sinner, I have done the very things the Lord HATES. But He sent His son for this very reason, to cover us in His blood, His merciful blood of forgiveness. Wow.
But grace and mercy isn't an excuse to follow after evil, the rain of his forgiveness isn't reason to go roll around in filth, in the book of John, Jesus said-
“If you love Me, keep My commandments."
Brothers, sisters, we are to WALK as Christ did. We are to HATE, to ABHOR these things as HE does and we are to LOVE one another as He has loved us.
That is wisdom.
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