Week 1 -Tuesday
Read: Proverbs 2:1-6
{SOAP: Proverbs 2:6}
S – (My son, if you
accept my words, And treasure up my commands with you,
So that you make your ear attend to
wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
For if you cry for discernment, Lift
up your voice for understanding,
If you seek her as silver, And search
for her as hidden treasures,
Then you would understand the fear of
יהוה, And find the knowledge of Elohim.)
For יהוה gives wisdom; Out of His
mouth come knowledge and understanding.
O&A – When it comes to the word,
it always stands out to me when things like this are said (in verse 1), “*IF
YOU ACCEPT*” my words… “*AND TREASURE
UP MY COMMANDS WITH YOU*”… Then we have, “*So that YOU MAKE your ear
attend to wisdom, INCLINE YOUR heart to understanding*”… “*For if YOU
CRY for discernment, LIFT UP YOUR voice for understanding, if YOU
SEEK her (wisdom) as silver, and SEARCH for her (wisdom) as hidden treasures,
THEN YOU would UNDERSTAND the fear of Adonai, and FIND the knowledge of
Elohim. For Adonai GIVES wisdom, out of
HIS mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
I see so many if/then statements.
If YOU/I do THIS, then Adonai will do THAT. So that means if I CHOOSE not do those
things, will I still receive the reward?
Doubtful.
First thing I see in this passage is
that I must ACCEPT the words of Adonai.
There’s a scripture that says, “Many are called, few will choose.”
(Matthew 22:14) And while that passage
is speaking of the wedding feast, I think it still ties in. Many are called to salvation, but not all
choose it. Not all accept it, which is
the admonition we receive in this first verse concerning wisdom. If you accept my words. If you cry for discernment. If you lift up your voice for
understanding. If you seek her as
silver. If you search for her as hidden
treasures. I see also: If you accept my
yoke. The choosing is up to me. No one can choose it for me, and I can’t
choose it for anyone else.
Back to the SOAP verse: For Adonai gives
wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding. So when I want, need, and desire knowledge
and understanding about a matter, to whom should I turn? Whose word should I seek? Abba’s!
How precious of a treasure do I have in my hands that I can turn and see
what Abba says about a matter, and I can see Yeshua’s example, according to the
word of Adonai. The Bible is rich with
knowledge and understanding, and with instruction that leads us to wise
choices.
Side note: There’s a book I once read with one of my
little buddies who comes to visit me every Wednesday afternoon. The book was about a little bear who is very
adventurous, and his momma bear who is giving him instruction. The first few adventures, the little bear
says, “I want to do this” and as his momma is setting about giving him
instruction, he doesn’t heed it, and instead rushes off to do the thing. He falters, and then comes to his mom and she
(patiently) says, “Here’s how to do it.”
So after like 3 or 4 of these episodes, he says, “I want to do
this!” He then turns to his momma and
says, “How do I do it?”
That sounds a little bit too familiar to
me.
P – Abba, I desire Your
wisdom, and the knowledge and understanding that come only from You. The more I
draw close to You, the more I read Your word, the less I realize I *know* and
*understand*. Help me to accept Your words without my own conditions, and to be
willfully submissive to You. In Yeshua's name, Amein.
