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Proverbs 9:1.     Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.
 
Oh Friends, it’s another beautiful day in my neck of the woods! And though the old bones are creaking and refusing to move as fast as I want, I know that everything will work out fine, because our God guarantees it with His new mercies and blessings everyday. And all God’s people boldly declared: ‘Hallelujah! All praise and honour to the ONE TRUE God of the universe!’ Now here’s an interesting quote attributed to Percy Walker, which says: ‘You can get all A’s and still flunk life.’ And that’s gospel Friends! You can do very well academically but still make a mess of your normal, everyday life. That’s because you can only learn the lessons of life in the school of life. You have to face the hard knocks, the ups and downs of life before you can truly know what life’s all about. And sadly, many of this new generation, and some backsliders of the old generation too, aren’t learning the lessons properly, that’s why they are flunking out on life. That’s why their lives are so unfocused, undisciplined and without much depth, merely surface deep. They have so many options, yet are so easily bored, and incredibly short attention spans only worsens the situation. Unfortunately that’s a by-product of today’s fast paced, rush-rush society. We parents are partly to blame for that. With our busy lives, trying make ends meet, we allow the t.v and a host of video and computer games to raise our children. We don’t give them the proper foundation for living that’s only found in the Good Book. So what else can we expect to reap but exactly what we sow; unfocused, undisciplined, easily swayed, materially based children! Ah Friends, sadly, much of the blame for our ungodly society can be laid at our feet. By trying to make life easy for our children, we’ve bred out the guts, the belly and backbone, the ‘stick -to- itiveness’ and the righteous living our parents taught us, and we’re now paying the high price of that misplaced, misguided affection. Consequently, this new generation has missed the wonderful invitation sent out by our Bit: ‘Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.’ Yes my people, the gathering place is ready, and so too are all the fixings: ‘She hath killed her beasts (slaughtered her meat); she hath mingled (mixed) her wine; she hath also furnished her table (set her table in order). She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth (cries out) upon the highest places of the city. Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth (lacks) understanding, she saith to him, Come eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled (mixed). Forsake the foolish (foolishness), and live; and go in the way of understanding.’ (Prov. 9:2-6) Yes my people, the wisdom of God is the most important lesson to be learned in this earthly life. And according to the scholars, it’s used in three senses in the Good Book. First, to acknowledge God’s greater understanding than ours, as so simply but brilliantly explained by Bruh Paul in his first missive to the Corinthians: ‘Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men.’ (1 Cor.1:25) Secondly, it can also mean the understanding a believer should have in this life, as Cousin Sol stipulates in Proverbs 4 that deals with a father’s wisdom: ‘Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline (turn away) from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: LOVE her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.’ (Prov.4:5-7) And the third sense in which wisdom is used in the Scriptures is ‘as a type of Christ, who is our wisdom.’ That’s illustrated by Bruh Paul’s bold declaration to the Church at Corinth: ‘But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us (became for us) wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.’ (I Cor.1:30) So my people, if we want to excel in life, we need to have the wisdom of God flowing through our hearts, souls and minds, accept and acknowledge it in all three senses. Otherwise, we’ll continually run in to aspects of life that we can’t handle properly. And the wisdom of God can only be gleaned from the teachings of God, contained in His Holy Word, the Bible. Unfortunately though, Bible reading and study is not amongst the more prominent or recommended activities in our society today. No wonder our world is such a mess, since we’re lacking God’s wisdom, His directions for right living. Oh Friends, let’s try and turn that unfortunate situation around nuh. It might be difficult, but certainly not impossible with God in our corner. If our world is to be saved, God’s wisdom must prevail, and that task depends solely on the desire and inspiration of believers to do it. So please, let’s get a move on nuh, by seriously encouraging others to read and study their Bible, so that they will better understand the true way to live this life. Much LOVE!…there are two ways to live life…in wisdom…and in folly…which will you choose…