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Prov 2:1-5
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, 3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
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Here is where the true stuff of value is for storing up. So many people in the world think that gold and silver hold value and attempt to store as much of it up as possible for the future day, which may never arrive. But here is the real stuff. I cannot listen to the voices of men, and their plans for fame, fortune and security. I must keep my ear turned and tuned in to the voice of God, his wisdom and I must apply my heart to understanding. What good does it do to listen to wisdom if I do not apply it to my life? I think so many consider the search for the knowledge the for the sake of knowledge as the end all of life. But if not application of such knowledge or in this case wisdom occurs, perhaps then it is without worth. Wisdom in itself it of great value, but I must apply to my life if it is going to be of value to me. I see I also must call out for insight. I think that speaks so directly to the fact I have no insight within my own being. I would think as a creation of God he would have given me some, but maybe not the insight regarding him and who he is and his wisdom. So I must call out and cry aloud for this understanding. I must seek after it, with all due diligence, forsaking all worldly wisdom, which is nothing but foolishness to him. Do I search for it as if it is of great value? Do I hunt for it as if it were some hidden treasure which would provide me with unlimited wealth? I think I do. I think I am after this treasure with great effort. Maybe I have not always been. Maybe I have sought after it sort of half-heartedly, appearing to look for it, but also keeping a watch out for my own desires. I think this has to be my desire, to find this treasure, to search high and low, to make every effort to take hold of it. This journey of devotions is one of my steps in that direction. It is a discipline of searching for his wisdom, his understanding, his insight into life and the purpose of it. I believe I have found so much, and yet I still need more of that applying to my heart part. That may be the most difficult part of all. But as I continue to search, as I continue to call out and cry aloud, as I continue to look for it as hidden treasure I am confident I in my understanding of my fear, my reverence for the Lord and I am assured I will find the knowledge of God. Daily I search.