February 14, 2024 – Understanding Wisdom

Understanding Wisdom
February 14, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 4:5-8
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

        Some of the wise comments my dad shared with me as I was growing up were: “nothing in this world is free,” “if you want something, you must work for it,” and “anything worth having is worth working for.” Buried deep within my father’s logic is what Solomon was saying in today’s Proverbs: Wisdom is the most important thing you can obtain. So, get wisdom.

      How do you get wisdom? Well, first, we must see that it doesn’t say “find wisdom,” it says “get wisdom.” There is an action involved on our part. Reading the book of Proverbs will not give you wisdom; it provides you with words of wisdom to live by. However, you still must put action to the words as you live.

       If you carry a Bible everywhere you go but never apply its principles to your life, it can’t help you. When you learn a principle, it becomes knowledge. It’s what people often refer to as book smarts. You have it in your head, but you never use it.

      Wisdom is taking that knowledge and applying it to your everyday life. As you do so, you’ll begin to understand how it all works together. However, first, you must purpose in your heart that you will apply the knowledge received from God. Once you see that God’s ways are the best ways, you will never want to let them go. You’ll embrace them for eternity.
 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

     You might start by asking God for the same thing David did in Psalms 119:18 when He prayed, “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” God is the teacher of all wisdom through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Ask for wisdom. The Bible says that we have not because we ask not. Let’s ask for it and apply it today.

Have you sought the Wisdom of God today?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: FEBRUARY 14, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Leviticus 15 – Leviticus 18
   Proverbs 4:5 – 8

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Leviticus 4-6
   Matthew 26:57-75