Reading your Bible for today October 9

October 9: Proverbs 4:3-7

KJV Key Verse: Proverbs 4:7
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Devotion:
You may think wisdom can only be gained from those who are more wise than you. But this is not entirely true because wisdom can be gained by seeing the stupid mistakes that others make as well. Wisdom can be gained by watching others. Wisdom can be gained by sitting is a classroom listening to the teacher. Wisdom can be gain by reading books. Wisdom can be gained by watching nature.

But true wisdom can only come from one source, and that is from God. We may not get messages straight from God, but we can understand what God wants us to do by keeping up with His Word. So long as we continue to keep reading His Word, He has a conduit through which He is able to feed us, to make us wiser. But if we are going to read His Word and then disregard it, we are doing nothing more than ignoring Him directly! And doing that is not going to help us at all! Remember yesterday’s key verse. To put it bluntly... If God had any stupidity, that stupidity would be wiser than our wisest thoughts! If God had any weaknesses, they would be stronger than our strongest strengths!

So long as we continue to keep up with God's Word and to bury those words in our hearts, they will guide us; then we have no need to fear anything for we are being guided by the best guide in the world! Continuing to listen to that guide when we have so much noise going on around us may be a very different problem we have to face up to though!

When we try to attain wisdom from the Bible and from the Holy Spirit, we will be shown the way and sent toward more understanding than we had ever imagined! God wants us to know more so we can help others to understand Him and His ways. God wants us to become wise enough to know His Word is true; but not to overthink things and think we know more than Him. We just don’t!

Points to Ponder:
Did you think your parents were wise when you were small?

Are you willing to admit you’re weak before God?