Monday, July 18, 2016

“Many words rush along like rivers in flood, but deep wisdom flows up from artesian springs.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18:4‬ ‭MSG‬‬

There are a great deal of good things in this chapter of the Proverbs, like how we use our words, to not being partial, to "Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of GOD!”
‭‭(Proverbs‬ ‭18:4, 22‬ ‭MSG‬‬). But that's not the verse that stood out for me today.

We are bombarded with information and images, whether it be TV, radio, or Internet. The fast pace of information leaves little time for us to sit back to think through the information presented, let alone give consideration to how it affects us or how we should react.

Wisdom, on the other hand, can stop you dead in your tracks. It causes you to ask people to repeat what they've just said, and to stop what you are doing. It's that word spoken at just the right time and place. It's the word that is worth taking the time to search for, like a key that will unlock a great treasure or open the door for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. God's word invites us to look in the right place for it; not in the rushing stream of inforation that passes us each day, but in the deep waters of a well that will not run dry.

When I'm fishing, the "big ones" are seldom found in the rushing currents. Rather, they are in the quiet pools that rest at the end of those faster waters; waiting in the calm. It strikes me that wisdom and a guiding word from the Lord are much the same.

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