SIGN ME UP! - Proverbs 2

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Proverbs 2

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If we indeed are on a exploration for wisdom, to be truly successful we must know why we have chosen this quest.  To go about anything you do without some purpose or understanding of the value of that thing - is it really even worth doing in the first place?  So to avoid the quicksand of doubt and lack of ambition, we find in this chapter the benefits to why we are on this quest - why we choose to seek out God's wisdom.


Here's a break down of the benefits:
1. Understand what it means to fear the Lord
2. Gain the knowledge of God
3. Wisdom & Understanding is from the Lord
4. You will understand what is right, just, and fair
5. Wisdom and Knowledge bring you joy and safety
6. Protection from evil and darkness
7. Salvation from immorality and temptation
8. You will remain in the presence of the Lord

SIGN ME UP!  I desire nothing more on this journey of physical existence than to know the Lord my God and what it is to revere Him.  I am truly humbled to know that He would choose to grant me His knowledge and wisdom to know what is right, to bring my joy, to save me from evil and temptation, so that I may remain in His presence.  But yet, how foolish of me to think that He has given all this to ME.  He grants these wonders to me so that He may be glorified THROUGH me.  He expects me not only to use these gifts myself, but to show others how to do the same. Solomon addresses these instructions to his child.  Lord, encourage and empower me to ask for Your wisdom and to also share it with my children. Hoarding the resources He's given me might be a way to survive, but is surely no way to LIVE!  


Chapter 2 Survival Skills:
Discernment - vs. 2-11
Self Defense - vs. 12-19
Offensive Maneuvers - vs. 20-22
Training - vs. 1 addresses the entire chapter to the next generation