Gold Nugget
Verse 11: “For
wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things one may
desire cannot be compared with her.”
Commentary
Today is a good day to
be reminded of why we do what we do. Why do we read the Proverbs? We have an
entirety of Scriptures. Why is this particular devotion focused on Proverbs? First
I would want to remind you that Proverbs should not be the entirety of your
bible exposure or study. The reason this devotion focuses on Proverbs is
because of the focus of Proverbs itself. This book is considered a book of
wisdom and it is loaded with thousands of individual “gold nuggets” of wisdom
that can retrain the mind to reason in a way that absolutely does not come
natural to man. Only by repeated exposure of such reasoning will a person begin
to adopt what are not our natural concepts and allow them to become our norm.
Wisdom is not natural to us. We are not born with it and only grow into it by
choice and experience. Some grow into it more than others. Only those that see
wisdom for what it is, will with passion seek it and find it. As a man will
spend his life in search of hidden treasures, so should he seek wisdom. As
today’s “gold nugget” says, “For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things one may
desire cannot be compared with her.” A Christian should
seriously seek after wisdom. The Scriptures guarantee if we seek after wisdom
we will find it. “Seek and you will find,
ask and it shall be given unto you, knock and it will be opened unto you.” (Luke
11:9) Seek wisdom, ask for wisdom and knock on the door of wisdom and you will
find, receive and see it opened unto you. Seeking, asking and knocking are all
verbs that require action. One of the actions you should take can be reading the
Scriptures daily. Proverbs will serve as a valuable part of your Scripture
intake and this particular devotion brings in many other verses to help see the
relevance of these “gold nuggets” to the Scriptures as a whole. As we mentioned
in the words of Jesus in Luke 11:9 today, the wisdom of Proverbs works together
with the Bible as a whole as any part of the Scriptures work in harmony. My hope
is repeated exposure to the wisdom in Proverbs will be continue to change my way
of thinking to be more in line with what God wants and I hope some others may
find such valuable truth in these passages as well.
Prayer
Lord, I know that taking one vitamin every week
or so will not change the way I feel and improve my health, but I do know that
a daily intake of vitamins will begin to change the way I feel for the better.
I also know that one proverb every week or so will not change the way I think
and improve my spiritual health, but I do know that a daily intake of your Word
will begin to change the way I think and reason for the better. Amen
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