Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
‘Oh happy day! Oh happy day! When Jesus washed…Oh when Jesus washed…When he washed, all my sins away!’ Oh Friends that stands as the happiest day in a believer’s life! And if you don’t agree now, just wait until you’re ushered through those portals of LOVE in Zion, on the fateful day our Lord and Saviour comes to take His followers Home, and you notice that several of your friends and neighbours aren’t there with you. Then you’ll realize what a blessed day it was when Jesus came into our lives. Oh my people, what’s happiness eh? We talk about it so much, spend most, if not all of our earthly lives searching for it. But what’s it really all about? I’ll share a quote from one, George du Marier. ‘Happiness is like time and space – we make and measure it ourselves; it is as fancy, as big, as little, as you please; just a thing of contrasts and comparisons.’ Oh Friends, it’s one of our ultimate goals, but basically it’s all a relative state of mind, and depends on each individual, not on others. Nobody or nothing can make you happy if you don’t want to be happy. Neither can anyone or anything make you unhappy if you sincerely choose not to be unhappy. That’s why a man can have a surfeit of health, wealth and all the earth’s choice things, and still be a miserable, unhappy wretch, while another can be beggarly and destitute, but still take pleasure from seeing the sun rise every morning and hearing the birds greet him with a heart full of joyful song. That’s why Sol, from all his research concludes that, ‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.’ When one has wisdom and understanding, it means a plethora of opportunity lies before you. You know about life and how to live it as successfully as we can. ‘For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.’ (Prov.3:14-15) Oh Friends, yuh hear that! Wisdom and understanding is better than all we hold precious in this lustful, evil world. It is more valuable than gold, silver, rubies, and even all the things our hearts desire. And if we read Job 28, it talks about Mother Nature and all the things that happen on our earth without any apparent help or guidance and asks; ‘But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?’ That’s an exceedingly good question my Friends. ‘Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.’ (Job 28:12-13) That’s also a true statement. So where and how do we acquire those invaluable things, wisdom and understanding, that Sol so highly recommends? Ah my people, from only one source; wisdom is a gift of God. ‘God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven…Then did he see it, (wisdom) and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and stretched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ (Job 28:23-24, 27-28) Oh my people, there’s the answer we’ve been searching for; wisdom is found in acknowledging the supremacy and awesome Deity that’s our God. So that’s the source of our happiness. Sol agrees, and even goes further: ”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.’ (Prov.1:7) And isn’t that the unfortunate truth Friends! Many of us hate to learn anything cause it takes effort on our part. Just look at the number of young people who refuse to go to school, preferring to hang out idly on the street corners and eventually get in trouble. Then there are those who show up at school but don’t learn anything because learning means putting out something from within, and the human animal hates to put out. But my people, ‘Wisdom crieth out: she uttereth her voice in the streets…in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long ye simple (naive) ones, will ye love simplicity? (naïveté) and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?’ (Prov.1:20-22) Ah mih breddren, it certainly is sad that so many of us have ignored the Word of the Lord, that gives wisdom and understanding, and therefore happiness, and had to humbled by our current troubles, before we sat down and really took notice of what’s happening around us and why. But remember, while there is life, there is always hope, and wisdom never gives up, it is still calling out to us, urgently imploring us to, ‘Turn you at my reproof: behold I will pour out my spirit unto you; I will make known my words unto you.’ (Prov. 1:23) Yes my people, the opportunity is still there for us to be happy, to embrace the Lord, His Word and all He stands for: Wisdom, Understanding, Peace, LOVE, Mercy, Forgiveness, et al. So please, let’s embrace it today nuh, for tomorrow might just be too late. Let’s give ourselves a chance at that true happiness which we all so eagerly seek, and which can only be found in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Much LOVE!…wisdom and understanding can bring…happiness, gold and silver…but gold and silver can’t bring…wisdom, understanding and happiness…
‘Oh happy day! Oh happy day! When Jesus washed…Oh when Jesus washed…When he washed, all my sins away!’ Oh Friends that stands as the happiest day in a believer’s life! And if you don’t agree now, just wait until you’re ushered through those portals of LOVE in Zion, on the fateful day our Lord and Saviour comes to take His followers Home, and you notice that several of your friends and neighbours aren’t there with you. Then you’ll realize what a blessed day it was when Jesus came into our lives. Oh my people, what’s happiness eh? We talk about it so much, spend most, if not all of our earthly lives searching for it. But what’s it really all about? I’ll share a quote from one, George du Marier. ‘Happiness is like time and space – we make and measure it ourselves; it is as fancy, as big, as little, as you please; just a thing of contrasts and comparisons.’ Oh Friends, it’s one of our ultimate goals, but basically it’s all a relative state of mind, and depends on each individual, not on others. Nobody or nothing can make you happy if you don’t want to be happy. Neither can anyone or anything make you unhappy if you sincerely choose not to be unhappy. That’s why a man can have a surfeit of health, wealth and all the earth’s choice things, and still be a miserable, unhappy wretch, while another can be beggarly and destitute, but still take pleasure from seeing the sun rise every morning and hearing the birds greet him with a heart full of joyful song. That’s why Sol, from all his research concludes that, ‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.’ When one has wisdom and understanding, it means a plethora of opportunity lies before you. You know about life and how to live it as successfully as we can. ‘For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.’ (Prov.3:14-15) Oh Friends, yuh hear that! Wisdom and understanding is better than all we hold precious in this lustful, evil world. It is more valuable than gold, silver, rubies, and even all the things our hearts desire. And if we read Job 28, it talks about Mother Nature and all the things that happen on our earth without any apparent help or guidance and asks; ‘But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?’ That’s an exceedingly good question my Friends. ‘Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.’ (Job 28:12-13) That’s also a true statement. So where and how do we acquire those invaluable things, wisdom and understanding, that Sol so highly recommends? Ah my people, from only one source; wisdom is a gift of God. ‘God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven…Then did he see it, (wisdom) and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and stretched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ (Job 28:23-24, 27-28) Oh my people, there’s the answer we’ve been searching for; wisdom is found in acknowledging the supremacy and awesome Deity that’s our God. So that’s the source of our happiness. Sol agrees, and even goes further: ”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.’ (Prov.1:7) And isn’t that the unfortunate truth Friends! Many of us hate to learn anything cause it takes effort on our part. Just look at the number of young people who refuse to go to school, preferring to hang out idly on the street corners and eventually get in trouble. Then there are those who show up at school but don’t learn anything because learning means putting out something from within, and the human animal hates to put out. But my people, ‘Wisdom crieth out: she uttereth her voice in the streets…in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long ye simple (naive) ones, will ye love simplicity? (naïveté) and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?’ (Prov.1:20-22) Ah mih breddren, it certainly is sad that so many of us have ignored the Word of the Lord, that gives wisdom and understanding, and therefore happiness, and had to humbled by our current troubles, before we sat down and really took notice of what’s happening around us and why. But remember, while there is life, there is always hope, and wisdom never gives up, it is still calling out to us, urgently imploring us to, ‘Turn you at my reproof: behold I will pour out my spirit unto you; I will make known my words unto you.’ (Prov. 1:23) Yes my people, the opportunity is still there for us to be happy, to embrace the Lord, His Word and all He stands for: Wisdom, Understanding, Peace, LOVE, Mercy, Forgiveness, et al. So please, let’s embrace it today nuh, for tomorrow might just be too late. Let’s give ourselves a chance at that true happiness which we all so eagerly seek, and which can only be found in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Much LOVE!…wisdom and understanding can bring…happiness, gold and silver…but gold and silver can’t bring…wisdom, understanding and happiness…
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