Wisdom Is Closer Than You Think - Quick Observations - Proverbs 1:20-23
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Have you ever been in a situation where you did not know what to do or how to handle it? I have definitely had my fair share of occasions where I wish I was wiser so that I knew what was best for a given situation. There are probably more times than I want to admit.
So where is the wisdom we need for our situations that we find ourselves in? Well, wisdom is closer than you think…
When we look at the passage, we see that wisdom is not hiding in verse 20 and 21. She is like a person who is yelling out loud in public trying to get noticed. Not only that, she is yelling in very populated public areas. The concourse and the open gates were gathering places in public where people met and did commerce and any other business necessary. Wisdom is out where we are and yelling. Why is she yelling?
Usually when someone is acting like this, there is something urgent, like an emergency, that needs to be addressed. Wisdom has a warning to deliver in verses 22 and 23. She is warning the simple ones, the scorners, and the foolish about their behavior. Not only that she tells them how to correct the problem. Simply to turn from their plight to her. How many times have the situations we find ourselves in come from our ignorance, scorn, or foolishness? Most of the stuff we are trying to deal with would be exempted if we would simply turn from them and go to wisdom. Wisdom promises that if we repent, turn from our behavior and turn to her, that wisdom will be apart of our lives and we will know wisdom.
How often do we scratch our heads because we do not know how to handle the situation we find ourselves in? Turn to wisdom and forsake the error of your ways and we will find what we need. She is right there waiting for us. This begs the question, “How do we turn to wisdom?” James 1:5 has the answer. Ask God who is eager to give it to us. Plus He has given a whole book that contains great wisdom from Him, the bible.
The next time we have a quick observation we will see what happens if we do not turn from our destructive behavior, effectively rejecting the warning of wisdom.
