Title: Wisdom
Memorize: Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Proverbs 4:7 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33 (Nkjv)
[20] Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.
[21] She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:
[22] “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
[23] Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
[24] Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
[25] Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,
[26] I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,
[27] When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
[28] “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
[29] Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
[30] They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.
[31] Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
[32] For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
[33] But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.”
Message:
Today’s memory verse says that in everything you get, you must get wisdom. In other words, wisdom is the most important thing you can get.
More interestingly, today’s Bible reading tells us that wisdom is crying in the streets.
Unfortunately, many people ignore the cry of wisdom and are not interested in her.
People who do not heed the cry of wisdom usually suffer the consequences of being foolish, and it may be too late by the time they realize it.
You might be asking yourself, “How can I get wisdom?” Psalm 111:10 says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
If you want to be wise, you have to fear God and prove that you really fear Him.
Proverbs 16:6 says that the fear of the Lord is to depart from evil. Every time people commit sin, they are simply displaying foolishness.
My dear child, shun sin and ask God for His wisdom. However, as you ask Him for wisdom, you must also increase in knowledge because wisdom is the correct application of knowledge.
This is why I am always reading books. I want to learn something new every day, even if I have to ask someone to teach me.
Key Point:
To get wisdom, get Jesus.
HYMN 9 – IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY WISE
1.Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious,
the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious,
Thy great name we praise.
2.Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting,
Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains
high soaring above
Thy clouds which are fountains
of goodness and love.
3.To all life Thou givest,
to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish
as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish,
but nought changeth Thee.
4.Great Father of Glory,
pure Father of Light
Thine angels adore Thee,
all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render, O help us to see:
’Tis only the splendour of light hideth Thee.
Bible Reading In One Year: Deuteronomy 31:1-32:27, Luke 12:8-34
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye