“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, to receive instruction in wise behavior, righteousness, justice and equity; to give prudence to the naive, to the youth knowledge and discretion…”
(Proverbs 1:1-4)
There was a man who had a flat right in front of an insane asylum. He got out & started working on changing the tire, while an inmate quietly watched his every move from inside the gated yard of the asylum. While changing the tire the man would place all his lug nuts in the hubcap he removed from his flat tire, so not to misplace them. But when he was struggling to place the spare on the car he stepped on the hubcap, slinging the lug nuts onto the road, where all five rolled through the grate of the drainage ditch. The man became angry & started talking to himself, “What now…what now…UHHGG!” as he paced back & forth wondering how he would get those lug nuts out.
The inmate that had been quietly watching throughout this whole ordeal spoke up. “Why don’t you take one lug nut off of each one of the other wheels & place them on that spare. Then drive down to the closest gas station & buy a new set?” The man stood there in amazement at the inmate’s words then responded, “That’s a great idea, but what are you doing in that asylum…I thought you were crazy?”
The inmate replied, “I may be crazy, but I ain’t stupid!”
In the first chapter, verses 1-4, we see what the book of Proverbs was written for, to know wisdom. This is even more important for us as Christians; in 1 Corinthians 1:30 we see what or who that wisdom is…Jesus Christ. This is exactly where wisdom or knowledge truly begin (Proverbs 9:10).
You can attend all of the schools of higher learning & obtain all the degrees you want & have all the PHD’s, MA’s, MSED’s, DVD’s, CD’s, MSNBC’s, ect…& still have zip in the way of true wisdom. The Book of Proverbs is about how to obtain that true wisdom & how to rightly use that wisdom. The younger a person starts in this book the better. But without knowing Christ as Savior & Lord, this book will do you no good, until you do. Again He is the key…He is true wisdom, & knowing Him as well as following the truths in Proverbs will keep you from being as the inmate said earlier…“stupid”.
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” (Charles H. Spurgeon)
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