Get Wisdom

 Proverbs 4-6; Romans 8 

“When I was a boy in my father’s house, still tender, and an only child of my mother, he taught me and said, ‘Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.’”

Proverbs 4:3-5

“…you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”

Romans 8:15, 16

David had a profound impact on Solomon as a boy by instilling in him a desire for wisdom and understanding. David’s words to Solomon were remembered and repeated years later. Through the Spirit of God indwelling us following our adoption as sons and daughters into God’s family, we, too, have a Father in heaven who wants to instill within us a desire for wisdom and understanding. The fear of the Lord, or an awareness of and response to the awesome glory and authority of God Almighty is the beginning of wisdom. Like tender children on the lap of their father, we have the privilege of sitting with God through his indwelling Spirit and “Listening to the Word”.

“Lord Jesus, teach me wisdom in my innermost place so you would be glorified in me.”