The Call of Wisdom

“Wisdom” cries out in public, imploring people to listen. In the first chapter of Proverbs, she tells them to turn from what they are doing and follow her path. She warns them that there will come a time when she won’t be able to help them, and they will be stuck with the terrible consequences of their choice. Watch this video clip as Pastor Jeff Manion talked about the voice of wisdom and how it seems to work.

As we’ve seen throughout Proverbs, wisdom encourages us to take 100 steps along the right path. Sometimes we take 100 steps down the wrong path hoping for a quick fix. But there are no instant fixes. There’s nothing we can do to immediately repair 15 years of ignoring wisdom in our career, diet, company, marriage, finances, thought life, friends or family. Years of bad choices, dysfunction and sin leave consequences.

Jesus offers us a solution to our sin problem, but he doesn’t promise us an instant fix for the consequences.

Sometimes we get frustrated and just give up. We may even get mad at God because the consequences hurt. But “slow and steady” is the answer. The consequences won’t go away, but we still can start on a different path. We can take the first 100 steps on the wise path. That’s following the way of Jesus.