Folly is a Seductive Witch
While Wisdom was seen to have prepared great blessings for her followers, Folly does nothing more than call others to fall into her pit. She offers stolen water and bread to entice, but offers nothing of her own to those who succumb to her temptations.
Folly is loud.
A reverence for our Creator and Sovereign Lord is the starting point for all wisdom. Knowing God is the greatest source for insight into life. This beginning leads to great blessings.
Wisdom multiples our days, adding years to our life.
Wisdom blesses the possessor while scoffing brings burdens.
When you next face a time of decision for your health,
Scoffers versus the Wise man
One’s response to admonition reflects the internal state of their soul. We all hesitate to tell a scoffer that they are mistaken or that they did something wrong. We know that they will repeat their past responses which stung us before. Rather than pausing to consider our words,
Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom has prepared blessings for those who listen
In contrast to what folly prepares for its followers, wisdom offers far more to those who seek it. Wisdom builds a house with strong pillars offering dependable shelter. Wisdom prepares a banquet of meat and wine, setting a table waiting for us.
Proverbs 8:32-36 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%208&version=ESV
Listen to Wisdom
The prior verses painted a clear picture of how wisdom should be viewed. These verses carry on the implications that such wisdom of God will greatly bless those who listen to it.
Blessings, life, and favor from the Lord are waiting for those who hear and keep wisdom’s ways.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%208&version=ESV
Wisdom is not the New Kid on the Block
Progress seems the thrill of the day. The latest must be the greatest says contemporary society. Yet, God says wisdom has existed from before the world itself began. Wisdom should be our joy rather than the newcomer called “progress”.
Series on COVID – Spiritual Truths
As a break from my series on Proverbs, we take time to remind ourselves of who is in control of COVID. Some believe the elite globalists control this pandemic. Some believe that the media control the narrative. Some believe that it is completely out of control.
Proverbs 3:5-8
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+3&version=ESV
Contradicting the World
While we can always trust God’s Word to provide truth, sometimes profound truths arise in the oddest of places. While listening to a lecture from The Great Courses on music history, the instructor emphasized that our current view of music arises from a Greek humanistic mindset.
Proverbs 3:1-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+3&version=ESV
Let Your Heart Keep My Commandments
We strive to imitate our heavenly Father in caring for our patients. He encourages us to remember the teachings of wisdom in this Proverb. We encourage our patients to remember what we teach them about caring for their health.
Proverbs 2:16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+2&version=ESV
Eating Cake in the Modern World
The modern world summarizes it in this way, “you can’t have your cake and eat it too”. We choose righteousness or evil each day. Each day that we choose evil, we take another step down a path that leads to destruction.
Proverbs 2:6-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+2&version=ESV
“Continuing Proverb 2:6-15” Slow Down and Ponder His Wisdom
God calls us to meditate on His truth. Quick glances do not bring out the depth and breadth of His Word any more than jogging through an art museum. In a fast-paced world, we must force ourselves to slow down and ponder His wisdom.
Proverbs 2:6-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+2&version=ESV
Gold Mine Alert
Yes, I am serious, this Proverb is a gold mine, a treasure trove for those able and willing to dig into it. Proverbs repeats for those of us who are hard of hearing two timeless truths: wisdom is more valuable than treasure and wisdom begins with God.
Proverbs 2: 1-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+2&version=ESV
Yes, wisdom is that valuable. I remind myself and my children regularly, that wisdom is a treasure worth more than precious metals. Foolishness can lead to the loss of a fortune while wisdom can turn meager resources into an abundance.
As we care for Sanctuary patients,
Proverbs 1:24-33
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&version=ESV
True or False: Following God will guarantee health, wealth and success.
Of course, we know this to be false. Following God involves sacrifice and suffering with no guarantee that storms won’t come.
True or False: Suffering is a sure sign of disobeying God.
The Call of Wisdom
Proverbs 1:20-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&version=ESV
At Sanctuary, we strive to be such a voice of wisdom crying aloud in the street. We have studied with an open mind the fields of natural and conventional medicine extensively. We have worked to apply Biblical wisdom in caring for patients rather than simply following the mainstream crowd.
Proverbs 1:8-19
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&version=ESV
Again we hear the call to heed the words of those before us bearing the gift of wisdom. A child will know that their parents have wisdom to offer by having lived under their care. Physicians should know where to seek medical wisdom by the tested fruits of the wise teachers in their field.
Proverbs Chapter 1:1-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&version=ESV
Life in chaos empties one’s soul whereas wisdom nourishes as it orders and restores. Patients come to our Sanctuary desiring release from chaos’ grip on their health, their lives. Our Sanctuary seeks to serve these good desires through applying wisdom.
How should such a sharing of wisdom from a Christian health provider to a life in the grips of chaos occur in today’s medical office?
