Proverbs 4:7. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
This proverb is a bit playful (or maybe confusing). How does a person begin to be wise? By getting wisdom of course. The key word here is GET. To be wise you have to go after wisdom. You have to want it. You have to seek it, pursue it, chase after it. Do you want wisdom more than anything else in your life? If not, then you’ll never be wise.
The good news of Proverbs is that wisdom is for everyone. Anyone can get wisdom. You don’t have to be educated to be wise. You don’t have to be old to be wise. You don’t have to rich to be wise. You only need one thing to be wise: the fear of the Lord – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge… And you only need to do one thing to be wise – go get wisdom.
But where Proverbs tells us to go get wisdom, chase after it, pursue it, the New Testament tells us that Wisdom came to get us. Christ IS the wisdom of God in the flesh and in the spirit. Apart from getting Christ no one can be truly wise. But which of us has ever pursued Christ without Christ first pursuing us? Solomon says to his children, “Go get wisdom.” God says to his Wisdom, “Go get my children.”
This is the good news: wisdom is for everyone because Christ is for everyone. And this is the better news: Wisdom has gotten us. He has come to us, possessed us, indwelt us, transformed us. Now we can get wisdom because Wisdom lives in us. It is never out of reach. Never too far away. It’s as close as your own heart. As close as to live is Christ.
You: Do you want wisdom more than anything else?
You in Christ: In what way is Christ the wisdom of God?Can you explain this idea?
Christ in you: The wisdom of God lives in you? Do you know how to access it/Him?What wisdom do you need from Jesus today?
Pray: Jesus, you got me first so that I can get you. Thank you! Amen.
To Live is Christ 