Year 8, Day 295: Proverbs 4

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Today we get a glimpse at more of the same.  David continues to talk about wisdom to his son.  Don’t hear this as a complaint.  Wisdom is an incredibly important concept in life, we should expect to focus upon it for a while.

Near the end of Proverbs 4, we get a great reason to focus upon wisdom.  David tells Solomon to guard his heart.  Everything that we do flows from the heart.  If our heart is corrupt, our disposition, our actions, and our words will also be corrupt.  If our heart is pure, then our words, actions, and disposition will have a much better chance of being pure.

Where does wisdom fit into this?  It takes wisdom to keep our heart as pure as possible.  To remain pure, we must resist temptation.  That takes wisdom.  To remain pure, we must make sound decisions.  That takes wisdom.  To remain pure, we need to be able to avoid as much entrapment of others as possible.  That takes wisdom.  One of the key factors in remaining pure is having the wisdom to avoid the impurity of the world.

If we want to stay on the straight and narrow, we need wisdom.  If we want to be steadfast, it takes wisdom.  If we truly want to walk in the ways of the Lord, it takes wisdom.  David knows this – probably because he’s made his fair share of mistakes as he’s searched for wisdom – and he desires to have his son learn the lesson as soon as possible.

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