Wisdon Brings Security

Proverbs 2 begins by saying, "My son, if you will receive my sayings, and treasure my commandments within you, Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding; For if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will discern the fear of the Lord, and discover 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 in integrity..."

I was listening to "The Savage Nation" with Michael Savage on the radio tonight and was a little surprised at the advice he was giving. He got my attention right away because he was discussing the advantages in reading the Bible when you get up in the morning. He commented on what we do when we rise from our sleep. Some will make coffee and sit and read the morning news in the newspaper or on the internet and this is how they will start their day. By doing so, his rational was that the spiritual day for this person would start out and continue at about an "80" throughout the day. Another person my get out of bed and go to the internet and turn on the porno right away and his day would start out at a zero (out of 1000 by the way) and that is how this persons spiritual day would continue (as a big zero). Another person may get up in the morning and pick up his bible and read something from God in the morning and his day would begin at 1000 and probably continue at that scale throughout the day.

All interesting statistics as he was talking about the dignity and integrity of the spiritual man in today's society. Realizing that we all have a spiritual component to our lives, Michael Savage, not known for his preaching, was offering this wisdom just as though it were from God's word Itself. Earlier I quoted Proverbs 2:1-7 and it seems to me that this was exactly what Michael Savage, a "mostly" political advisor, was trying to explain to his radio audience. I thought, "here's a man, not known for his spiritual expertise, telling us that we will gain more from the day if we are willing to invest some of our morning time to God and His Word. I have to admit, I was shocked. I was also, all ears because what he was sharing was the TRUTH as I see and read it from scripture. Even if we invest one or two minutes in the morning in God's Word, whether we completely understand what we are reading or not, we will come out of the day with a better, stronger spiritual perspective in life. So when the author of Proverbs was saying in verse 2, "Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding..." this is really what both the author and Mr Savage were talking about. Look for the better part of life and see if it doesn't "rain" down on you throughout the day.

Do you get your news from the television or newspaper; perhaps the internet or radio, first thing in the morning, or are you one of these people who start their day out at 1000 by giving God the first few minutes of your day. He sure does make the day more tolerable when you take Him along with you, don't you think?

I just thought that was interesting. I normally seek out wise sayings (wisdom) from famous preachers that I am familiar with and tonight God opened another door, for just another "slice" of His wisdom from somewhere I would never thought of looking. I was impressed. In the morning, I plan to start my day out at 1000; how about you?

The Proverb goes on to say in verse 8 "Guarding the paths of justice, He preserves the way of His godly ones. Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul..." So, here is a good place to drop a name and recommend a good book to go along with reading the Bible. Having a "Non-Curable" form of cancer, I read encouraging materials frequently and I found a wonderful book by Max Lucado titled "Facing Your Giants". I bought the book and then bought the book on CD so I could listen to it over and over again as I drive down the road. I can assure you, anyone facing life's difficulties, will be uplifted by his writing.

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Try reading a chapter from Proverbs each day. There are 31 so you can read through the book in a month and then start all over again.

Dave