Turn at the Lords Rebuke (Proverbs 1:21-25)
Daily Proverbs
Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?” For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke.
Daily Bible Study
Without God’s wisdom and his guidance we are in danger of adopting the world’s wisdom, why? Because we live in a fallen world which is at enmity against God. A world which is influenced by the one the Apostle Paul calls, “the prince of the power of the air” who is Satan. Therefore, without God’s direction we are in danger of following the world’s example on how to treat others. The world’s wisdom can lead down several roads. Some will tell us to, “live one day at a time it’s only about today and the pleasures of the moment. These are the simple who are unaware of God.”
Others will take the position of mocking and scorn. They critique and criticize never building up only destroying. These are those who actively work against the kingdom of God. And still others believe only self-matters, do whatever is good for you and gets you ahead of others. Success is all that matters, regardless of what it does to others. These are the fools, bent on self-destruction. However, God’s wisdom cries out to us, God’s wisdom is for life! God’s wisdom is to give us life and to give it more abundantly. God’s wisdom not only brings life for today, but is also changing our hearts, as it brings eternal life for those who place their faith in Christ alone, through faith alone.