Meditation

Reader,

Today's passage begins and ends with the word "blessed." To find wisdom is to be blessed.

Following on from the encouragement to humbly trust the Lord’s instruction and discipline, today's passage increases in emotional intensity. Wisdom is not only more precious than anything else we can gain on earth but also is the way to true peace and abundant life.

Today's text is Proverbs 3 : 13-18. I've included yesterday's verses in grey for context and catch up.

Proverbs 3

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the first fruits of all your crops;

10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,

12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.

13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.

Encouragement

Wisdom is the means by which the Lord founded and established his creation. It is also the only means by which the finder will be sustained to live in, and enjoy that creation eternally.

Today's passage ends on an urgent note that we should carry into our day. We need to cling to the Lord's Wisdom as the giver and sustainer of our life.

Clinging isn't a desperate last stand. It is a determined ongoing, perpetual act. The world is constantly acting on us to loosen our grasp of the truth

Andy

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