Pro 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Pro 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Pro 8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Pro 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
We must WATCH daily at the gates of INSTRUCTION.
We must WAIT at the posts of INSTRUCTION'S doors.
When we find INSTRUCTION we find life, and favor of the LORD.
When we sin against INSTRUCTION we wrong ourselves.
If we hate INSTRUCTION we love death.
It is WISE to hear instruction.
It is WISE not to refuse instruction.
It is WISE to watch and wait for instruction.
WISDOM tells us through instruction we find life and favor of the LORD.
WISDOM tells us that if we sin against instruction we are wronging ourselves.
WISDOM says all that hate instruction - love death.
We are to-
Watch daily at the gates of WISDOM.
Wait at the posts of WISDOM'S doors.
Find WISDOM- finding life, and favor of the LORD.
We are told-
He that sins against WISDOM wrongs himself.
All that hate WISDOM love death.
Definition of Wisdom-- the right use or exercise of knowledge. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
Definition of Instruction-- a. Imparted knowledge. b. An imparted or acquired item of knowledge; a lesson.
If we do not want knowledge we want death.
It's true.
The Lord is forever teaching us through His word, through life around us, through the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus was going about His 3 year ministry He spent the majority of that time imparting knowledge. He even told us that after He was gone He would send another to continue to teach us.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Teach you all things.
What happens when we stop hearing instruction? We stop allowing ourselves to be taught. It is only through INSTRUCTION that we learn. Whether that instruction comes from another person, a book, a video, a movie, whatever the source of instruction- we are being given knowledge - we are being taught. When we STOP wanting to be taught we are choosing to refuse instruction, and if we refuse instruction we wrong ourselves, we are choosing death eternal over life eternal.
DAILY we must learn.
DAILY we must wait and watch for wisdom, for the instruction, for the teaching the LORD will give to us. Throughout life we learn and it's a shame that through a lot of formalized education the children are taught NOT to enjoy learning, to NOT want to be instructed. The Devil has insinuated himself well into the world and when he destroys the desire for instruction, for learning, for obtaining knowledge- he destroys a source of life because when we hate wisdom- when we hate knowledge - we love death. Without the knowledge, the wisdom, the instruction in the Salvation of our Savior we cannot be saved. Having destroyed the love of learning, the Devil destroys knowledge of salvation.
In all we do, we must never cease to learn, never cease to love and desire instruction, never stop desiring wisdom as God would have us possess. As we go about our lives even those who teach must constantly learn, never believing their knowledge is complete. In all we do we are to point to salvation. If we are called to any one profession in life- our love of Jesus and the salvation He offers must be paramount. By the grace of God we will be able to do as He bids us do, and may we never take glory to ourselves, never presuming to know it all. What we learn we are to share, knowing that it's not in our power to give people a love of instruction, that love they must obtain on their own- by God's merciful grace. As Jesus made His teachings available to all that would and will listen, we who want to reveal that amazing love of God's Son must make the knowledge available. Jesus never forced understanding on someone, never. His condemnation fell upon the wicked, the unrepentant as only HE has the discernment to know. Jesus lamented over the hard hearted refusing unbelievers-
Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
By the grace of our Savior may we forever seek knowledge of Him, loving the wisdom He longs to give to us, hearing instruction- refusing it not.
Amen
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