Proverbs 4:20-27
There they sat, three enormous stones that weighed more than I did and they needed to be moved. The problem was that they were so big that I could not move them by my self. After much pondering and the use of levers and poles I was able to move them by myself almost as easily as a shopping kart in a parking lot. Persistence is often a quality that we value. Yet persistence for a long time in the wrong direction will always lead to the wrong location. In Proverbs 4 we see the father, Solomon, exhorting his son to persist in being wise. The father as the passionate teacher, challenges his son to listen to his words and discern God’s values for life. However, he moves beyond the mind and the intellect in the hope that the son will be diligent, implementing Godly practices that will impact his life. The wise teacher realizes that he can’t correct and guide every aspect of his son’s life so he closes the chapter by advising his son to seek God’s direction for all of life and evaluate his life by God’s standard. Like the son, we need to persist in listening to God, continually live for God and make sure we line up with God. Accepting and following God’s wisdom is not only valuable it is essential because life for all eternity depends on it. Accepting and following God's direction in life takes faith. Persistence in God's direction is the life of the truly wise.
There they sat, three enormous stones that weighed more than I did and they needed to be moved. The problem was that they were so big that I could not move them by my self. After much pondering and the use of levers and poles I was able to move them by myself almost as easily as a shopping kart in a parking lot. Persistence is often a quality that we value. Yet persistence for a long time in the wrong direction will always lead to the wrong location. In Proverbs 4 we see the father, Solomon, exhorting his son to persist in being wise. The father as the passionate teacher, challenges his son to listen to his words and discern God’s values for life. However, he moves beyond the mind and the intellect in the hope that the son will be diligent, implementing Godly practices that will impact his life. The wise teacher realizes that he can’t correct and guide every aspect of his son’s life so he closes the chapter by advising his son to seek God’s direction for all of life and evaluate his life by God’s standard. Like the son, we need to persist in listening to God, continually live for God and make sure we line up with God. Accepting and following God’s wisdom is not only valuable it is essential because life for all eternity depends on it. Accepting and following God's direction in life takes faith. Persistence in God's direction is the life of the truly wise.
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