Day 45

What is the point of a proverb, but to think, reflect, and attain unto wise counsels? 

Proverbs is a book of wisdom which counsels us to walk near to God and seek after his understanding. In this book we also read that both knowledge and wisdom begin with fearing the Lord. And so we quickly see there is great profit in the counsel of the Scripture. We see that God really does have our best interest at heart when he provides his word's to us. But then we also see the stark contrast of not walking in the counsel of Scripture.

vv. 1:30-32 reveal that God gives those who despise his counsel over to their own wicked hearts. This thought is echoed again in Psalm 81:11-12 and Romans 1:24-25. Those who despise God's word and reject the truth are not only given up by God to the lust of their own hearts, but their hearts in turn lead them blindly through this world seeking vanity after vanity inching ever closer to their own grim destruction. They are like blind men desperately seeking a way out from the cold, damp, dark reaches of the deepest caves in this earth. They grope and grasp and crawl in every direction their blindness leads them but never closer to the light. This is what life is lived outside the counsel of God himself.

So what do you fill your heart and mind with each day? Are you seeking the wise counsel of God or the foolishness of men? The Scriptures will order our steps appropriately for a holy righteous life, but our hearts will lead us stumbling blindly into the blackest pit of hell.

I pray that you will give due attendance to the book of proverbs and the instruction we receive in the Scriptures as we read through them.

With Love in Christ Always,

Jay Silvas