Proverbs 2

In this chapter, Solomon advises the greatest commandment--to Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.  In verses 4-6 he instructs to seek wisdom as if it were a hidden treasure; that wisdom is to discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God; and where is this treasure hidden?  In God..."For the Lord gives wisdom."  Jesus advises us in the same way to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness.  As you read through these proverbs, seek more than good advice--seek God Himself in His word, that you may discern the meaning of reverent fear of the Lord and discover knowledge of the all-knowing.  Does silver, pretty people, pleasure, hidden boxes of money really compare to finding this secret treasure--God within?  


To accept Christ as Lord and Savior is also to invite the Holy Spirit into the heart to impart the knowledge of the all-knowing to the soul.   This is a divine mystery and a wild journey.  I cannot fathom a more daring, rewarding or loving journey on which to embark.  If already a Christian, seek His kingdom first in you heart, your family, your work, your play--your all in all!  Keep in step with the Spirit within your heart and live tremendous stories of glory to God!

Proverbs 2
My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
If you seek her 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.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.