Walk In The Way Of The Good
My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments
within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to
understanding; if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for
understanding; if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden
treasures – then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the
knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and
understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to
those who walk blamelessly, guarding the paths of justice and preserving the
way of his faithful ones. Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart, and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; prudence will watch over you; and
understanding will guard you. It will save you from the way of evil, from those
who speak perversely, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways
of darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
those who paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. You will be
saved from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the partner of her youth, and forgets
her sacred covenant; for her way leads down to death, and her paths to the
shades; those who go to her never come back, nor do they regain the paths of
life.
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of
the just. For the upright will abide in the land, and the innocent will remain
in it;
Proverbs 2:1-21
The writer of Proverbs urges us to seek wisdom. A father
encourages his son to do whatever is necessary to gain insight and wisdom. This
strenuous search for wisdom is actually a search for God Himself. In fact,
inner happiness comes when man attains his wisdom. He encourages his son to
diligently search for this rare jewel because wisdom is not usually discovered
by the casual observer. Wisdom is discovered and enjoyed only by those who are
diligent, devoted, and determined to seek it.
Our Daily Bread –