For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, there’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it’ll be too late to help them.
2 When good people run things, everyone is glad,
but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans.
3 If you love wisdom, you’ll delight your parents,
but you’ll destroy their trust if you run with whores.
You are the Beloved…therefore infinitely dear to the Father, unspeakably precious to Him. You are never, not for one second, alone. (Norman Dowty)
This week we are wrapping up our study on the Proverbs, so I thought I would give you an overview of what wisdom looks like in our lives. It is very difficult to describe what wisdom is, but we can definitely see what wisdom looks like. We can recognize the fruit of a wise person.
Characteristics of the Wise
1. Integrity
“The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.” ~Proverbs 10:9
2. Loyal
“Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.” ~Proverbs 16:6
Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love. (Philip Yancey)
The God of the universe–the One who created everything and holds it all in His hand–created each of us in His image, to bear His likeness, His imprint. It is only when Christ dwells within our hearts, radiating the pure light of His love through our humanity, that we discover who we are and what we were intended to be. (Wendy Moore)