Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks. — Proverbs 1:20-21
Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you, — Proverbs 1:24-26
I cannot read these words without thinking about the indictment they are on the state of our country. In this section, Solomon personifies wisdom. He imagines lady wisdom screaming at the top of her lungs in the streets, trying to get the attention of business, education, media, and political leaders. But they choose to ignore her. Yet, in an act of goodwill, she attempts again to stretch out her hands in willingness to help, but their popular opinion slaps her in the face. And yet when they finally see the result of their folly, she does not come to the rescue. Because she cannot. You see, she is wisdom. Therefore she laughs at our misfortune. She mocks our hysteria. She knows, and we know, far too late that the present situation was the making of our own doing.
Do you wonder if God is looking down on the state of our world right now having these same thoughts? I do.
And Solomon illustrates so beautifully that we can't have it both ways. We cannot have our ideology and have wisdom's results. We can't. You have to be reproved by wisdom if you want wisdom's results. This means you have to know her. And you have to listen to her. And you have to heed her, as Solomon declares.
Today heed God's wisdom. In a world full of noise in the streets and on media, you will have to filter through it. Deafen your ears to perpetuated fear. Silence the inconsistencies of propaganda. Filter through the spin and virtue signaling. And then turn to the unchanging Word of God. Listen to God's wisdom and heed its instruction. It's the only way through God's indictment of our foolishness in this time.
ASK THIS: What wisdom do you need to heed today? (Share in the comments below.)
DO THIS: Heed the unchanging truth of God's wisdom.
PRAY THIS: God, give me the ability to see the foolishness and avoid it. Make me wise.
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