Get wisdom, get understanding...
Of getting wisdom and
understanding, John Gill said, "Not only moral and political wisdom and
understanding, but that which is spiritual and evangelical; Christ, and the
knowledge of him; he being the only happy man that has an interest in him, and
is possessed of him by faith, which is the meaning of getting him." (from
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible)
Gill was commenting on
Proverbs 4:5, which commands, "Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and
do not turn away from the words of my mouth." (Proverbs 4:5 ESV)
And, when you get it
or some or any, "do not forget" and "do not turn away."
We like to hunt and
shop and search and inquire. We love, as the Apostle Paul said to the
philosophers in Athens, to spend our "...time in nothing except telling or
hearing something new" (see Acts 17:21).
We love the search,
but for what? Are all new things full of wisdom and understanding? You bet not.
Are stores and
websites and books and magazines and movies and songs all full of wisdom and
understanding? You bet not.
Wisdom comes from the
Lord. Understanding is a thing of God.
Go to Him...
Get wisdom!
Get understanding!
Listen, beloved,
wisdom and understanding are worth getting! The previous chapter finds the
proverb writer saying: "Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one
who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing
you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left
hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold
her fast are called blessed." (Proverbs 3:13-18 ESV)
If nothing else,
getting wisdom and understanding is worth it to me because I love that
"all her paths are peace" (vs. 13:17).
Go
look...seek...search...inquire with the Lord! Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do
not forget it! Do not turn away!
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