Proverbs 1:20-33 is a strong warning against being a fool that despises wisdom for there is a terrible price to pay when that is done. In this passage wisdom is personified as a woman who shouts her warning – “Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square .”(Read Proverbs 1:20-33) Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: In verse 23 the wisdom of God makes the promise, “I will pour out my Spirit upon you and cause you to understand my teaching.” But this promise is contingent upon our responsiveness to divine wisdom, we must respond to wisdom’s “rebuke.” The lessons here given are plain, and likely to benefit those who feel their own ignorance, and their need to be taught.
Proverbs Chapter 1:20-33
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
{Lets Pray}
Father God, I know felons and those who are unloved, or have no one who cares. Father this is from a felon friend of mine that need to be heard. I am going to share his prayer with others this day: It reads:
Father God, I (George) am ill and feel frightened and alone as I have no one to care for me. I have no one who is really interested in me at all, and I feel lost and alone and so vulnerable. They set traps for me and horas me and want me back in jail. I can not even keep a job. The police even want me back in jail. People make mistakes and other people crucify me. And now Jesus, I have come down with this sickness and I feel so ill. Jesus, I ask You please to make me well again soon, and lift up my depressed spirit. I know Lord in my heart that I am not alone, because You are with me, which is the real reason that I am praying to You now, because You promised to be with me and never to leave me or forsake me, even when everyone else does. Be with me now I pray, and reach out Your healing hand of blessing and touch me Lord. Please make me feel better, not only in my body but also in my life. Everyone is against me. It feels like my mom has given up on me and I deserve it. Thank You, that I can call on You in times of trouble or illness or loneliness, and know that You are always there to hear and answer, to heal and comfort and help. Jesus I know you see it all. I pray that You would help me to really apply this truth in my life, not just when I am sick, or miserable as I am now, but every day. Amen.
I had to share this young man’s prayer. It made me realize I felt like that years ago. Have you ever felt like this? Well God knows and He will make all things right in His timing. Stay close to Him. He will never leave you alone. Amen!
{Power Verse}
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: Proverbs 1:20
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