“Those Who Listen To Me
Will Be Secure”
Wisdom cries out in the street; in the
squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the
entrance of the city gates she speaks: “How long, O simple ones, will you love
being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate
knowledge? Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will
make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, have
stretched out my hand and no one heeded, and because you have ignored all my
counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you, when panic strikes you like a storm, and
your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me
diligently, but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not
choose the fear of the LORD, would have none of my counsel, and despised all my
reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with
their own devices. For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of
fools destroys them; but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at
ease, without dread of disaster.”
It has been said that common sense is
not so common. We live in a society when we have to warn people about just
about everything. We have to assume they have no common sense. Common sense can
be learned from experience or the teaching we receive from those we trust. But
God’s Word is the best source of all to develop discernment and good judgment.
There are three words that echo in Proverbs. They include: wisdom, knowledge,
and understanding.
To get more common sense, consult
God’s Word – the source of wisdom that can come to you daily.
Knowledge
without common sense is folly.
Our Daily
Bread – September 7, 2007