HEAR THE VOICE OF WISDOM

Proverbs 1:20-21 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: (21) She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Do we even hear it? And even if we did, do we make time during the day to process what it told us? Is our life so cluttered with unnecessary information that we do not even hear Wisdom’s voice? The Word cannot lie, and here we are told that Wisdom cries itself out trying to reach us at the places we gather together.

You say, where is it? It is so crowded and noisy around here that I couldn’t hear it even if it shouted through a megaphone.

It is not quiet; it ‘crieth’ the Word says. We are always in such a hurry to go somewhere, but Wisdom is faithful to try to meet us on our way. Its voice is often heard by the processing of information; but do we even take the time to process what we see and what we hear?.

Here one complains about the fate life seems to have ordered for him. Is he really victim of a destiny out of control or is he reaping the fruits of disobedience? Should we take time to think about it and learn from the voice of Wisdom screaming in our hears, ‘Here is what will happen to you if you do the same?’ Here is one whose spirit seems to be blessed with graciousness even in spite of troubles. Should we take the time to to ask ourselves, ‘ Here is one who has nothing, yet, his eyes shine and radiate happiness; why?’ Furthermore, creation is rich in examples that ‘cry out’ to us the principles of wisdom. The realms of physics and of biology daily teach us about the wise foundations upon which our world is built.

If we push away the noise, the mind-clutter, the rush and the undue pressure; if we decide to day to make the choice to hear, to give heed to the voice of Wisdom, what wonders will we learn, what wisdom will we acquire.