Relevant Life

When I was a teenager, my adopted grandmother had me read the whole book of proverbs. I spent months studying every sentence and passage of scripture. I remember crying out to the Lord many times for Him to give me wisdom. I felt like I was a teenager who was beyond his years. That is why and how I got married at 19 and had children at a young age. Wisdom, from the Lord, is the one thing that can cause the Christian to be successful in the world. God’s wisdom never fails and never steers the believer in the wrong direction.

We will study the book of proverbs over the next several weeks. This part 1. The best way to study the bible is just to take a passage of scripture at a time.

Pro 1:1  The proverbs of Solomon, David’s son who was king of Israel, given

Pro 1:2  to grasp wisdom and discipline, to understand deep thoughts,

Pro 1:3  to acquire the discipline of wise behavior- righteousness and justice and fairness-

Pro 1:4  to give insight to gullible people, to give knowledge and foresight to the young-

Pro 1:5  a wise person will listen and continue to learn, and an understanding person will gain direction-

Pro 1:6  to understand a proverb and a clever saying, the words of wise people and their riddles.

Pro 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.

1.  Our passion and desire for the Lord should be to seek his wisdom and obtain his wisdom.

2.  His wisdom brings discipline to the wielder.

3. Godly wisdom causes the believer to understand the deep thoughts of the Lord. 

4. Wisdom produces wise behavior, righteous living, giving justice, and presenting fairness to all. 

5. People with godly wisdom will listen to God’s instruction and follow it.

6. Wisdom produces a great desire to keep learning.

7. Wisdom seeks further direction from the Lord.

8. The Key to obtain wisdom comes from fearing the Lord and desiring his correction. Fear of the Lord or reverence to the Lord creates a heart of wisdom.

Every believer should desire this kind of wisdom. It starts with reverence to the Lord and following after Him.