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Wisdom Starts With Fearing God (Proverbs 1:1-7)

“To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
A wise man will hear and increase learning.
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel.
To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:1-7.)

The Spirit of wisdom is God’s Spirit.
It is a fruit of His Spirit.
We cannot attain godly wisdom without accepting, believing, and receiving Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in us.
He is the One who blesses us with His spirit of wisdom.
The writer of the book of Proverbs reveals to us that wisdom starts with fearing God.
The word fear usually refers to something scary.
However, fearing God isn’t about being afraid of Him.
Instead, it’s about feeling awe for God.
Father God loves us and He sent His incarnated Son, Jesus Christ, to our world to save us from sin and death.
He came to release us from the devil’s bondage.
So fearing God means recognizing that He is perfectly loving, holy, and powerful and letting that inspire a deep sense of reverence for Him in our souls.
It means acknowledging God’s greatness and seeking His guidance for our lives because we know that God truly knows what’s best for us.
This reverence for Father God is the foundation of wisdom because it reorients our entire perspective.
When we live in awe of God, we understand that God is the source of our life and light.
In Him we are enlightened with every heavenly truth and knowledge.
We realize that our human understanding is limited, and we need His life, love, and wisdom to live in this corrupted world peacefully.
When we humble ourselves and surrender all to Him, He will dwell in us and will guide us to make the best decisions in life.
He will give us discernment which helps us learn which choices are truly the best ones to make day by day.
The writer makes a comparison between the wise man and the foolish one.
He describes the foolish man is the one who despise wisdom and instruction, in other words, he is the one who rejects God’s ways, believing he knows better.
He refuses to be taught, preferring his own ideas and desires over the wisdom that comes from God.
In essence, he lives without regard for God’s authority.
On the contrary, the wise man is the one who seeks godly wisdom and not the world’s wisdom.
Seeking wisdom is not just about intellectual knowledge, but It is about living in harmony with God’s will and purposes.
When we fear the Lord, we begin to see life from God’s perspective.
We start to value what God values and desire to live according to His ways. This kind of wisdom is practical, and comes when we are in unity with our Lord, Jesus Christ, and abide in Him and He in us.
We submit ourselves to His authority and recognize Him as the source of all that is good and true.
We trust in Him admitting that He knows what’s best for us, even when we don’t fully understand His ways.
This kind of trust requires us to let go of our pride and open ourselves up to God’s work in every part of our lives.
So, let’s embrace this reverent awe of the Lord every day.
As we do, we will find that God’s wisdom is not only accessible but abundantly available to us.
Amen.

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