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(Proverbs 2:1-5)
the Lord has warned that to turn away from such knowledge will result in the
Lord’s turning away from you in the day of your calamity. This morning, you
need to see that,
You must intensely desire God’s wisdom in your life if you are to
obtain it.
II. But There Are Conditions Which Are Laid Down by Solomon Before You
Might Obtain this Knowledge.
A. There are usually conditions to be met before you can get anything
in our society.
1 . In our culture you must be 15 1/2 years old before you can get
your drivers permit and 16 years old before you can get your
license, provided you have met all of the other conditions.
2. In order to receive an inheritance, you must first be the
designated heir to someone’s fortune, and that person must first
die before it becomes yours.
3 . In order to get married, you must first have a blood test. Then
you must apply for a marriage license. And then you must be
married by an officer of the state who has the power to marry.
4. Conditions are not something strange in our society.
III. Here, Solomon Tells You What the Conditions Are Which You Must Meet
Before You May Obtain This Precious Knowledge.
A. You must receive this knowledge and treasure up the commandments
within you.
1 . There must be a willingness on your part to acquire wisdom.
a. The literal reading places the emphasis on your part. You
must take these sayings. You must lay hold of them.
b. A great banquet of the delicacies of wisdom are laid out for
you on a large table. But they will do you no good unless
you reach out and take them. You must fill your plate with
the best of this spiritual food.
c. But you have not really done what Solomon here refers to
until you have eaten what you have taken, until you have
received those morsels into your body.
d. It is a taking which includes the willingness to receive it.
B. Solomon says, secondly, you must CALL OUT for insight and LIFT YOUR
VOICE for understanding.
1 . You will so yearn for this knowledge, that you cannot be
restrained from crying out for it.
2. Solomon is speaking here of prayer.
a. Prayer is the crying out of the holy longings of your soul
after God. It is the seeking of God for the fulfillment of
your spiritual thirst. It is the asking of God to let you
drink deeply of the waters of His grace.
b. And since you know from this passage that God is the source
of the wisdom that you most desperately need, you must cry
out to Him, you must give your voice over to the holy
exercise of this means of grace, if you are to obtain it.
c. You know that when you pray, you will only be heard if you
pray according to His will.
d. But here the Lord tells you that it is His will that you be
filled with godly wisdom. You needn't fear that you will be
turned away by God. "BUT IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM," James
writes, "LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES TO ALL MEN GENEROUSLY
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C. And lastly, Solomon says that you must seek her as silver and search
her out as hidden treasure.
1 . There are few things that men value more in life than money.
a. Some give their whole lives to obtain it, and yet when it is
found, they are no better for it, but often much worse.
Paul wrote to Timothy, ”FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF
ALL SORTS OF EVIL, AND SOME BY LONGING FOR IT HAVE wANnEREn
AWAY FROM THE FAITH, AND PIERCED THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH
MANY A PANG” ( 1 Tim. 6:1 0 ) .
b. Money is only of use in this life, but not as an end in
itself, but as a means to an end, the end of the glory of
God.
c. If you seek it for itself, in the end it will not profit you
at all, but destroy you. Jesus said, ”FOR WHAT WILL A MAN
BE PROFITED, IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND FORFEITS HIS
SOUL?” (Matt. 16:26).
2. But the wisdom which leads to godliness, on the other hand, ”IS
PROFITABLE FOR ALL THINGS, SINCE IT HOLDS PROMISE FOR THE
PRESENT LIFE AND ALSO FOR THE LIFE TO COME” ( 1 Tim. 4:8).
a. How can a few measly dollars, which are held very
uncertainly in this life, compare with the eternal glories
of God’s kingdom?
b. Would you trade your soul to obtain it?
c. Why then do you spend so much of your time worrying about
it, but neglect the gaining of the precious gold of God’s
wisdom?
d. Why do you lay up your treasures on the earth where they
will certainly be lost to you forever, instead of gaining
those precious things which will help you store up your
treasures in a place where they can never be lost?
e. If you could really see the value of eternal wisdom, you
would look at yourself now and think that you were mad to
place so much value on worldly things.
f. But until you see the preciousness of godly wisdom, you will
never pursue it in the way that will make it yours. You
must seek her as silver; you must search her out as hidden
treasure.
g. People of God, are you seeking the knowledge of God? Is
this the most precious thing in the world to you? Do you
see the utter worthlessness of everything else compared to
it? Then go to those places where it is found. Buy it up!
Treasure it up in your heart! God’s Word is a treasure of
information, made beautiful through the Spirit’s work, and
able to guide you daily in the paths of righteousness. Cry
out unceasingly to God for it! Lift up your voice to the
Lord and plead for it! For its worth is greater than
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