...that the sum of all of God’s wisdom were personified as a human.
She would most likely be standing out in a public place, pleading with people as they passed by… shouting at them, begging them to listen to her.
She’d be saying… “You foolish people! How long are you going stay shallow minded? You just love to laugh and mock at everything. You can’t stand to learn about what is true. Please, please, you need to listen to what I have to say. I so desire to impart to you all that I know. I have called out to you so many times and you just won’t stop and listen. You just continually reject any and all correction.”
She would continue… “You know what? If your life comes crashing down around you, I’m just going to shrug my shoulders and chuckle. I might even throw in a sarcastic joke to rub it in.” And when you start crying out for help, you won’t be able to get my attention. For why should I help now when you rejected my advice all this time?”
She’d say, “So, now that you’re in trouble your interested in my advice? Sorry, you need to experience the repercussions of your choices for a little while. You need to understand that foolishly ignoring and rejecting what I had to say, really does lead utter destruction…even death! If only people would just listen to me, they can know that they would live in peace and safety, without the need to worry about anything.”
I may have written this paraphrase of Proverbs 1:20-33, but is God speaking to you right now? That is the beauty and power of His word to cut straight into our hearts. Will we listen?
Continue to the next post in my study of Proverbs
She would most likely be standing out in a public place, pleading with people as they passed by… shouting at them, begging them to listen to her.
She’d be saying… “You foolish people! How long are you going stay shallow minded? You just love to laugh and mock at everything. You can’t stand to learn about what is true. Please, please, you need to listen to what I have to say. I so desire to impart to you all that I know. I have called out to you so many times and you just won’t stop and listen. You just continually reject any and all correction.”
She would continue… “You know what? If your life comes crashing down around you, I’m just going to shrug my shoulders and chuckle. I might even throw in a sarcastic joke to rub it in.” And when you start crying out for help, you won’t be able to get my attention. For why should I help now when you rejected my advice all this time?”
She’d say, “So, now that you’re in trouble your interested in my advice? Sorry, you need to experience the repercussions of your choices for a little while. You need to understand that foolishly ignoring and rejecting what I had to say, really does lead utter destruction…even death! If only people would just listen to me, they can know that they would live in peace and safety, without the need to worry about anything.”
I may have written this paraphrase of Proverbs 1:20-33, but is God speaking to you right now? That is the beauty and power of His word to cut straight into our hearts. Will we listen?
Continue to the next post in my study of Proverbs
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