For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
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… He says, For the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth. Come knowledge, the scripture announces to us. Watch this. and understanding. Verse 7, he stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is able to shield to those who walk uprightly. He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of his saints. I love that. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity, and every good path. So church, if you would, write this down. When God is challenging us to show up, it all starts with this, and that is giving attention. Giving attention to a beautiful reality that God is giving to us right now. And look at verse 6 when it says, for the Lord gives wisdom. The Lord gives wisdom. I've got that underlined. I've got that marked. It's God who gives wisdom. None of us, if you can hear me, none of us are outside of this prayer being answered in our lives. Think about it. You don't have to be wise to get this prayer answered. …
… 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. …
… 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. Incline your heart to understanding. That is, if I want to know what God is saying, I've got to listen to Him. You say, Well, how do I listen to Him? …