Posted on 07/31/2022 11:38:04 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings” (Proverbs 1:5-6 KJV).
“A wise man will hear,” there’s a whole lot of things that take place because of hearing. He “will increase learning,” the more our mouth is shut, the more we will learn.
“A man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels,” he will listen to those that are wise. When they are in a Bible class, they will attain to it. Now that’s not just hearing it, but to attain means that they will seek after it. You’ll go where you have to go to get it. They will seek out wise counselors.
“To understand a proverb,” when we hear the words of wisdom, they will help us to understand a proverb. Then, “the interpretation,” the meaning, and “the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
If you’ll listen to wise counselors—biblical, scriptural, spiritual counsel—then you’ll attain to wise counsels, you’ll be a man of understanding, you’ll be able to understand the proverbs, and its interpretation, and dark sayings. Now, there are a lot of “dark sayings” in the Bible. Things that are dark to a lot of people. The reason is people don’t want to hear—they are just too quick to come and go—they come to church on Sunday at 10:45 and they want to leave by 12:00. They will not attain to hearing, they are too busy going. And those are the people that are having problems with their kids, having problems with their spouse, having problems with their finances, having problems with the lives—and they want to come to the preacher and have him solve all their problems in 15 minutes. Boy, that makes a preacher mad. They want the preacher to give them some kind of instant pill to straighten everything out.
It takes a long time of not being faithful to the Lord to get into the mess they got themselves into, but they want it all fixed in 15 minutes or less.
“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
Daniel Webster, a Christian wordsmith wrote:
“If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and counsel, there is no telling how great a catastrophe shall come upon us and bury our glory in profound obscurity.”
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Bump. Dire need for wisdom these days...somewhat lacking.
That’s an understatement!
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