THE QUEST FOR WISDOM
Proverbs 1:1-9
The Book of Proverbs presents insights to how man should live. The place of wisdom in a man’s life can never be over emphasized. The Bible calls it the principal thing, which everyone must as a matter of compulsion, acquire: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7). Thomas Aquinas calls man’s quest for wisdom, the most perfect, sublime, profitable venture, capable of bringing ultimate satisfaction.
The desire of man for more wisdom from the very beginning has always been important. In Genesis, Satan appealed to Eve’s quest for wisdom in trapping her. He told her: “For God knoweth that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:5). This stimulated her desire that she took a second look at the tree. The rest, as they say, is history. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the quest for wisdom, provided it is done within the ambience permitted by God. It becomes wrong when we jettison the parameters set by God in our quest.
This is why we would be studying the Book of Proverbs over the next few weeks. Proverbs contains many brief wise sayings about how to live a godly life. As with other books in the Bible, the tenets are as applicable to us in this contemporary world as they were in the ancient days. The wisdom in Proverbs makes itself undeniably available to us. It is not unrealizable. It beckons on us right where we are. This wisdom contains the answers that we so desperately search for in our daily pursuit. When you heed the voice of wisdom, there is great benefit for you. Be determined to seek wisdom the Lord’s way and you begin to see lines falling in pleasant places for you.
Memory Verse: “Wisdom crieth…Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you (Proverbs 1:20&23).
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are Wisdom Personified, teach me that I may be wise
