A few weeks ago, when Kris and I were in California we attended one of our Favorite churches; Bayside Church in Granite City. They were just starting a series on the book of Proverbs so we were blessed to get to be there for the introduction.
The book of Proverbs is known as the book of wisdom and is among the wisdom literature of our culture. Among the plethora of other information given pastor Ray spoke about the handy-dandy fact that there are 31 Proverbs and 31 days in our longest months . . . just perfect for reading a book of Proverbs every day!
Another opinion that Pastor Ray shared was that our American society as a whole has become obsessed with intelligence and not so much with wisdom. We have all known those people who graduated with super high academic honors, but have great difficulty operating in our society due to their lack of common sense and/or wisdom.
Anyway, we are starting a study on Proverbs in our bible study and a thought came to me; You know you can’t just read the book of Proverbs and “get” wisdom. Oh, you expose yourself to it and get a first blush at what principles are wise and conversely, which are not.
I remember the first time I read through Proverbs . . . it was sort of . . . well Duh!?! The statements make logical sense. But the key is to have the principles readily available in our minds and souls so we can call on them when we need to.
The thought then came to me that reading Proverbs is like loading an operating system on your computer (in our brains and souls). The more we load and reload it, the more familiar it becomes to us and the more that information becomes a basis for us doing life . . . when we use that info on our operating system it just becomes part of who we are. Not necessarily in a conscious way but more behind the scenes in our subconscious mind.
I challenge you, start reading Proverbs . . . a chapter a day. If it is the 4th of the month, start with Proverbs 4 and read a chapter a day. It probably won’t make an earth-shattering change in your life immediately . . . but you will see a change in your life!
Thank you for reading . . . blessings!
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