“For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.” Proverbs 8:35-36 NLT
Today’s verses come from the book of Proverbs and Proverbs is known as a book of wisdom. King Solomon is conveying wisdom in these verses to his students. He is encouraging them to find wisdom and align themselves to it. Wisdom comes from God and has been in existence since the beginning.
Who doesn’t want to be wise? Who doesn’t want to have wisdom? You would be surprised at how many people want to be wise and want to have wisdom but do not seek to find it. We know where it comes from, it’s source, so why don’t we seek it more often than we do. Whatever the reason, wisdom from God and we need to be seeking Him daily. King Solomon wrote that when we seek wisdom, which comes from God, and find it, we receive life and favor from the Lord.
What does finding favor from the Lord mean? I believe it means that we will be able to apply the wisdom we find to our everyday lives and live in a way that pleases God. Everyone can seek wisdom, but not everyone does and King Solomon, talking about wisdom, states that those who miss wisdom, do not seek it, injure themselves. They are choosing to not give themselves every opportunity to be in line with the will of God.
We can seek and find wisdom but we must use it then or it does us no good. We can seek and find God but not listen to Him, which also does us no good.
Have you sought wisdom and God today?