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It was a “Take Your Child to Work Day” and the doctor had brought his six-year-old daughter to the hospital.
He introduced her to everyone, gave her a tour of the building, and then showed her the corner office he worked out of.
He was sure she was impressed by how important her daddy was, and when she picked up his stethoscope he felt a surge of excitement.
He had impressed her so much he was sure that she would want to be a doctor just like him.
He watched his little girl put the stethoscope to her ears.
As tears of pride came to the doctor’s eyes, his daughter lifted the end of the stethoscope to her mouth and said,
“Welcome to McDonald’s.
May I take your order please?”
As you know by now, the book of Proverbs is a book of wisdom.
It’s a compilation of the thoughts of King Solomon who was considered the wisest man who ever lived.
Proverbs means “instead of many words”.
There are thousands of sayings that are said in short concise verses that are full of wisdom to help guide and direct our lives.
If applied correctly, the wisdom in this book becomes a helpful tool to navigate through life in a way that God would find pleasing.
It’s impossible for us to keep all the truths in our mind at all times and impossible for us to apply all the wisdom in every situation we face.
This is why it’s important for us to continually study the wisdom found in the book.
Our lives should become a reflection of the wisdom we find as we daily seek God in this book.
Our assignment this past week was to study chapters 21-25.
I want to recap each chapter and then dive deeply into a few verses that might help us in our spiritual journey.
Chapter 21 is a continuation of the long series of wise statements.
They just keep coming, one right after another, what seems like random thoughts of wisdom.
What strikes me right away in this chapter is that God knows our innermost thoughts.
Just by “doing” what is considered right is not enough to please God.
He knows whether or not in our doing if we are acting in humility, arrogance or pride.
He knows if our actions are motivated by worship or selfishness.
Chapter 22 is different instead of just reading the wisdom of Solomon we are told in verse 17 that the next 30 sayings are written by other people, but that Solomon agrees with and endorses as true and valuable.
These teachings warn against exploiting those who are weak or disadvantaged, avoiding people who cannot control their anger, and unwise financial investments.
Chapter 23 is a continuation of these 30 sayings.
The first five are in chapter 22 and we find 6-18 in this chapter.
He brings us overeating, greed, money - two of my favorite verses for the week:
We also see verses of wisdom concerning our children.
Discipline is given to help children learn to make good choices.
It’s a reminder that God can also correct us because He loves us as His own children.
In this chapter I’d like to point out verses 17 and 18:
Solomon encourages the reader not to be jealous of those who engage in sin—their hope is limited, while those who honor God can look forward to eternity.
We need to be reminded that real hope is not in this world, but in the world to come.
In this chapter we also find massive warnings about the abuse of alcohol.
Drinking to get drunk will lead us to all sorts of danger.
I’ll tell you, the Bible does not forbid all use of alcohol, but it clearly states that being drunk is a sin.
We also have a responsibility to set a good example and not lead others to a path of addiction.
We should live above reproach.
Chapter 24 is continuing these 30 sayings.
This is not the first of last time wisdom reminds us to take care of the disadvantaged.
God really does love the lost and He wants us to love them too!
We know when someone needs help.
We need to condition our heart to reach out and help those in need.
God sees our heart and will reward our efforts in this life or the next.
Starting in verse 23 we are back to the wisdom written by Solomon.
I like how he remembers a personal time.
In these verses we see an example of how to observe, learn, and apply wisdom in our lives.
Chapter 25 - Most of the wisdom in proverbs was written by Solomon except the 30 we just saw in chapters 22-24.
Now in Chapter 25-29 we are going to read material collected by scribes.
These men worked under King Hezekiah.
They seem to have collected and copied these from one set of scrolls to onto scrolls recording Solomon’s other wise teachings.
It could be Solomons sayings, but it could also be a compilation of other peoples wise sayings.
We aren’t 100% sure, but we can be sure that God wants us to apply these truths to our lives.
Verses 2-10 are significant because it turns our thoughts to the fact that God knows everything.
He knows the things that we can’t know or even the things we can’t comprehend.
It’s by His grace that He chooses to reveal certain truths to us, it’s our responsibility to seek that truth.
God will refine us as we seek His truth.
What a powerful thought!
What an amazing God we serve.
He wants us to seek His face.
He will reveal Himself as we are willing to allow Him to refine our lives.
He finishes this chapter by mentioning the danger of “too much of a good thing”, whether food or people.
Self-control and consistent lifestyle is the sign of a mature believer.
That’s the recap for these 5 chapters.
There is obviously much more that could be said, but those are my observations as I studied this week.
For the rest of our time tonight I want to spend talking about a verse that really hit me as I read the scripture, read commentary, and even listened to sermons on the topic.
It’s Proverbs 22:4
I think that verse stopped me in my tracks because it reminded me that I am a prideful person.
I admit to you that I am proud, but I would like to be more humble because Jesus was humble.
I actually think most of us would like to be more humble.
Everything in our culture wants us to be proud.
Proud of our country, kids, work, and even church.
But this verse reminds me that we must be humble if we are going to experience true riches.
The theme of humility is throughout the book of Proverbs.
You don’t have to get very far to find out the pride is no what God wants from us.
Even outside the book of proverbs we are told this truth.
or what about James comments on the issue:
Ezekiel records what God says will happen for the humble:
Pride accomplishes the opposite of what we desire: it humiliates us.
But humility gets us were we want to be: it honors us.
Seems backwards right?
Think about it..it makes sense.
When we see a person who is full of himself and drawing attention to himself, what do we feel inside?
Don’t we want to cut him down to size, at least a little?
And when we see someone else who is humble and lifting others up and doing a great job without expecting any thanks, don’t we want to see him get some credit?
He who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted—even for us, but far more with God.
We walk into a better future not through self-exaltation but through humility before Christ.
I think we need to define humility.
What is humility?
I think in plain english we could say that humility happens when we don’t put ourselves first.
Here are a few verses we’ve read in proverbs that teach us how to accomplish humility in our lives.
and our main one for tonight:
The fear of the Lord goes hand in hand when it comes to humility.
The fear of the Lord is us recognizing God’s character and responding by revering, trusting, worshiping, obeying, and serving Him.
In order words, when we fear the Lord, we put Him first.
Above ourselves in all areas.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have self-esteem.
That’s important to love yourself, but if you want to live in wisdom then you must put God first in your life.
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