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Weekly Devotional –Wisdom– Personal Meditation
Comment: One
thing I have noticed in growing old; “Like a garment! All the worldly wisdom
collected by mankind is coming to NOTHING!” In vain we heap loads of nonsense upon
ourselves and families and expect; that because we are doing what the world
requires we will be rewarded. Our society is drugged with deception, a
deception that was first accepted by Man in the Garden of Eden. It has carried
forth to what it is TODAY. Okay! What is it today? Worldly wisdom runs in the
following quote. ”Eye has not seen, nor ear heard. Nor have entered into the
heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” 1
Corinthians 29 and Isaiah 64:4. I challenge each of us to come to back to the
Wisdom of God. Take some today and meditate on Proverbs 8, God’s Wisdom is very
much alive and powerful and is eternal.
Devotional: 1 Does not
wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? 2 She takes her
stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. 3
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the
doors: 4 "To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of
men. 5 O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an
understanding heart. 6 Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And
from the opening of my lips will come right things; 7 For my mouth will
speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of
my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them. 9
They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find
knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not
silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold; 11 For wisdom is better
than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her. 12
"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. 13
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And
the perverse mouth I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am
understanding, I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, And rulers decree
justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles, All
the judges of the earth. 17 I love those who love me, And those who seek
me diligently will find me. 18 Riches and honor are with me, Enduring
riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than
fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.
20 I traverse the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice, 21 That I may cause those who love
me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
22 "The Lord possessed me at the
beginning of His way, Before His works of old. 23 I have been
established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an
earth. 24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were
no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth; 26 While as yet He had not made
the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world. 27 When He
prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the
deep, 28 When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the
fountains of the deep, 29 When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that
the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations
of the earth,
30 Then I was beside Him as a master
craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, 31 Rejoicing
in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men. 32 "Now
therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways. 33
Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it. 34 Blessed is the
man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my
doors. 35 For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the
Lord; 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who
hate me love death."
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