Day 9 – Read Proverbs 9
Which Door Will You Choose?
It’s a common practice to have security updates and learning sessions when you work in a corporate setting. You learn to identify dangerous emails, phishing attempts, and other malicious intentions that seek to lure unsuspecting people into places that leave the organization vulnerable to theft. We must understand what danger looks like.
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment. – Proverbs 9:10 NLT
In Proverbs 9, we see two doors we can choose from. One leads to the house of wisdom, the other to the home of folly. They’re both calling, “Come in with me.” One door leads to life; the other leads to death.
The Difference Between Wisdom and Folly
Wisdom opens her door so she can give to you from her abundance. She’s providing a space that is intended for your benefit, growth, and maturity. Folly opens her door, luring you to stolen goods, temporary pleasures, and things that take life from you. She’s opened the door to death.
Wise people are teachable people. When we seek out God’s wisdom, we need to come in humility. We need to be teachable. How can we be sure we’re being teachable and wise? Teachable people pause to listen with humility. Wise people seek to apply what they’ve heard.
Replacing Foolishness with Wisdom
Foolish people do everything on their own, and that just leads to dead ends and trouble. So let’s choose to be humble, to listen, to be teachable, and to apply what we’ve learned from God’s wisdom. The more we know God, the easier it becomes to spot the enemy’s lies. Just like you and I know not to trust emails from random foreign royalty promising us millions of dollars, we can learn to spot the phony sales tactics of foolishness and temptation used to distract us. If it sounds too good to be true…it’s probably folly.
Daily Doses of Wisdom’s Treasures
As we seek out God’s wisdom, we’ll find life, peace, and hope. These are the treasures of wisdom’s house, and we need to be intentional about pursuing them. If we try to go the easy way, through the door of foolishness, all we’ll find are lies, trouble, and ultimately, death.
Dig Deeper
1. Don’t be hasty in your decision-making. Talk with friends about building prayerful pauses into your decision-making process.
2. Work on learning something new from Scripture daily. Develop a humble, teachable attitude as you seek God’s sound wisdom.
