THE WISDOM JOURNEY (2 OF 9)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Proverbs 4:10-27
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The Wisdom Journey (2 of 9)
Series: Uncommon Sense
Josh Malone
Proverbs 4:10-27
Two of the major themes in Proverbs that help us understand how to relate to wisdom are Lady Wisdom (Personification) and the path metaphor. - We are supposed to see wisdom as a person that we need a relationship with as we saw last week and we are to see it as a path we walk down.
Relationships and paths are both pictures things we can progress in. You can get to know someone better and better, as you walk down a path you head toward a destination. - So wisdom is less of an ''achievement'' and more of a journey. It's something you can grow in and something you an depart from.
Wisdom enables us to live life as God designed it... to obey Him, to apply His Word to difficult situations... to become the people God wants us to be. - We need to be a people who are journeying toward wisdom. Seeking it, applying it.
This morning we are going to look at Prov. 4. Here the father is encouraging his son to get and to stay in the way/path of wisdom, to not detour from the path. He has been instructed in how valuable wisdom is and how he should pursue it.
We learned last week that it begins with a right relationship with God, the fear of the LORD.-- But we grow and mature in wisdom as we stay humble and teachable and learn from and apply God's Word, and learn from experiences and observing situations.
Prov. 4:1-27- Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain1 insight, 2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, ''Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get ...
Series: Uncommon Sense
Josh Malone
Proverbs 4:10-27
Two of the major themes in Proverbs that help us understand how to relate to wisdom are Lady Wisdom (Personification) and the path metaphor. - We are supposed to see wisdom as a person that we need a relationship with as we saw last week and we are to see it as a path we walk down.
Relationships and paths are both pictures things we can progress in. You can get to know someone better and better, as you walk down a path you head toward a destination. - So wisdom is less of an ''achievement'' and more of a journey. It's something you can grow in and something you an depart from.
Wisdom enables us to live life as God designed it... to obey Him, to apply His Word to difficult situations... to become the people God wants us to be. - We need to be a people who are journeying toward wisdom. Seeking it, applying it.
This morning we are going to look at Prov. 4. Here the father is encouraging his son to get and to stay in the way/path of wisdom, to not detour from the path. He has been instructed in how valuable wisdom is and how he should pursue it.
We learned last week that it begins with a right relationship with God, the fear of the LORD.-- But we grow and mature in wisdom as we stay humble and teachable and learn from and apply God's Word, and learn from experiences and observing situations.
Prov. 4:1-27- Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain1 insight, 2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, ''Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get ...
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