Tuning in to Wisdom and Understanding
The book of Proverbs was inspired by God so that we can come to learn wisdom and have understanding about the things of this world and spiritual things. In order to learn what we need to learn from it, we can't just read it. We have to tune ourselves in to discern exactly what God is saying to us in His Word. It is like tuning a stringed instrument. The one who is tuning must listen very closely, so that he or she realizes when that string has exactly the right pitch. It takes time and skill to recognize thse things. It is the same way with us when it comes to wisdom and understanding. Let's focus in on what God says about this. (Proverbs 2:1,2,4) "My child, listen to what I say, and treasure My commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.... Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures." There is a lot to unpack in these verses, but if we will learn them and apply what they say as we read Proverbs, it will help us ...