Everyone knows to get to the right destination you must start in the right place and head in the right direction. The same is true for wisdom. But whose way is right? Experts offer wisdom through short cuts, techniques, and formulas. Friends give advice from experience. Our own hearts lead with emotion. Artificial intelligence uses science and facts. But who’s right?
Only Proverbs points to the right way by directing us to the One who is wisdom and designed the path on which to find it. This week in the series learn why pursuing the path God designed will lead to a correct understanding of reality and the wisdom to navigate it.
Some ways of living simply don’t work in the world God created for us. They are “alien” to the way things work. Alien to the reality of life. So when we insist on living those ways, we cause trouble and harm for ourselves and others. God also holds us accountable. But God, in love, comes down into our reality. To heal the whole thing. He’s the judge, but He is going to take the judgement. He did that for us through Jesus as a gift – that’s the good news. That good news, that Gospel, makes it safe for us to believe in God’s justice! It makes it safe to read Proverbs! (Gives us a reason to live this way!) And makes it safe for us to believe in God’s truth! The reality is… it’s good news!
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