The Wise Pay Attention
A wise [man] will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, Proverbs 1:5 (NKJV) We are the generation with the highest proliferation, fastest flow of, and easiest access to information but unfortunately, we are the most uninformed, we are almost entirely dependent on others and gadgets to remember, process, and gainfully use and apply simple basic information. This is because we have left the basic wisdom of paying attention to what we hear, or see. Do you take time to really hear what you're hearing, see what you’re seeing? Or are you just scrolling or flipping the pages and channels of life? Years ago, people could save and recall quite a significant list of phone numbers in their heads. Today most of us the only phone number we know by head is our own. A few know the ones of their spouses from head. Faith comes by hearing and hearing...Romans 10:17. Wisdom comes the same way. That's not hearing so many things all at once but one thing at a time. It's paying attention to the one important thing now until you fully know and understand what's in it to the point you can apply it profitably in life. To hear is to pay attention, it is to increase learning and it is to be wise.
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1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, 2To perceive the words of understanding, Proverbs 1:1-2 (NKJV) The purpose of the sayings of the wise or Proverbs is so we may gain wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The first part of Proverbs 1:4 (NLT) says that the purpose of Proverbs is to give insight to the simple. The Hebrew word translated 'simple' implies a person who is easily deceived, led astray, and cheated, one with a tendency towards what's wrong. Without the wisdom, instruction, and understanding that comes from what God says to us in His Word, we live and walk in 'simplicity' or as fools, without discernment and easily exploited. There are 31 chapters of the book of Proverbs. That's a chapter of wisdom, instruction, and understanding a day for a whole month. Just like a proverb has meaning hidden in it, God's Word has wisdom, instruction, and understanding hidden in it. When you take time to get into the Word and give time to the Word to get into you, then you can find and walk in God's own wisdom and understanding.
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Let Everything that has Breath Praise the Lord
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6 (NKJV) The
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