if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
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… and lift up your voice for understanding. If you seek her as silver and search for her as hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God for from the Lord or for the Lord gives wisdom and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. since 1947 we have been in what has been called the information age I find that kind of funny that you think of 1947 compared to what we know today back in 1947 we're in the information age now today in 2026 we go because it had taken from the beginning of time to the year like 2003 for knowledge on earth to double. Now, knowledge doubles every few months. We're in the super information age. we're in the i mean you know what the debate going on in the last few days has been all about ai and what do we do with ai and is it going to get out of hand and how do we regulate it and put a stop to it but there is such a difference between knowledge and wisdom paul said there are those who are always learning, but never coming to the knowledge of the truth. …
… thing. The Bible says the fear of God is both the beginning of wisdom, but it's also the end result of wisdom. Over in Proverbs 2 verses 4 and 5, Solomon says, if you will seek wisdom as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures, then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. That is, if you go on this treasure hunt for what the Bible calls wisdom, the skill to live life according to God's plan, as you search for God's wisdom, once you have dug through the rubble and dirt of worldly philosophy, you'll find God's wisdom. And lying right alongside God's wisdom will be the fear of God. The fear of God is both the cause of and the result of true success in life. What does it mean to fear God? If it's the beginning place and the ending place of all success and wisdom in life, don't we need to understand what it means to truly fear God? As I look through the scripture, I find that there are three components for developing a healthy fear of God. First of all, to fear God means to have a respect for God's power. A respect for God's power. When you fear God, you will be overwhelmed intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally by the greatness of God. And nowhere do we see the greatness of God more vividly displayed than in creation. Think about, for example, the vastness of creation. I read a story once about the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. …
… And I'll start it off in verse 1, if you'll pick it up in verse 2. Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1 to 22. The way of wisdom will save your life. Solomon says, my son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands within you. So that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding. Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding. If you seek her as silver. and search for her, ask for hidden treasures. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge or the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom. Verse 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you. To deliver you. From the way of evil, from the man who speaks of perverse things. From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness. …
… and with your own pastoral challenges in view, let me invite you to open to Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1 to 8. In the history of God's covenant people, it's no accident that God's first covenant people get law first and wisdom. First Moses and then Solomon. The first need is clear revelation from God. The covenant people need the crystal clear Ten Commandments. and they need the God-given applications in case law. But you can't treat every scenario in life. The clarity of the commandments is vital, but the instruction from God needs to be internalized, become part of his people, shape them, form them, condition them so deeply that as they encounter daily scenarios, they don't have clear commandments, they can discern God's will in a particular moment. and the book of proverbs doesn't jump straight to the maxims of solomon and other sages we got this long nine chapter framework in theology the heart of a father for his son before you get to chapter 10 to 31 to read these proverbs from solomon and the others That's the challenge with Proverbs. …
… Wisdom. If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden Then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom. From His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Look at this. He stores up wisdom, sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. God has the best possible plan for every single one of His And of course, that plan starts with trusting Christ as personal Savior. And so, when we look at these verses, we ask the question, all right, if wisdom is viewing things from God's perspective and responding to them on the basis of the truth of the Word of God, how do I find wisdom? Where do I go? How do I seek wisdom? So, let's talk about we acquire wisdom simply by seeking it. And the first passage I want us to look at, it's in the second He says, Make your ear attentive to wisdom. …