Proverbs is a book that is all about “wisdom” and “folly.”
We recently started a new series at Cove Church about the book of Proverbs
called Don’t Be Stupid. In other
words, “be wise.” But it’s not as simple as it might seem. In Romans 7:20, Paul says what we all feel
when we are told to “be wise” – “Something has gone wrong deep within me and
gets the better of me every time.” (The Message)
There is wisdom in knowing and acknowledging that something
has gone wrong deep within all of us.
In Proverbs 20:9, Solomon asks the question, “Who can say I
have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin?”
Paul tells us in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God.”
David describes it like this: “Surely I was sinful at birth;
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”
(Psalm 51:5)
Sin is what has gone wrong deep within us, and it is our sin
that separates us from God and his wisdom. Thankfully, that is not the end of
the story. Jesus died for our sin to make a way for us to know God personally
and have his wisdom live inside of us through the Holy Spirit. It is only through a personal relationship with God that we
can truly “be wise.”
Do you have what it takes to truly “be wise?”
Grace & Peace,
Chase Campus Pastor
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