Proverbs
1:20 -23 20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in
the public square;21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she
makes her speech: 22“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 Repent at
my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to
you my teachings.
Have you ever
been walking or driving somewhere and heard a voice in your mind say, “Don’t
go that way”, or “Turnaround”? Or have you ever been excited to hang out with
friends and go to an event, to find at the last minute, something doesn’t
feel, right? That’s wisdom.
Once upon a time, a co-worker invited me out to
celebrate a family member’s birthday. We had been talking about it all week and
as plenty of women do, I spent my week, planning out my outfit, deciding how I
would wear my hair and accessories. Then the night before going out, I had a
dream.
In the dream, my colleague
and I were driving on a road that suddenly became a dead end. By the time
we got to the end of the road, it was too late to stop the breaks and at the
end of the road, the car fell into a sea of water. As the car sunk into
the water, we struggled to take off our seatbelts so we wouldn’t drown. When I
awoke from the dream, I was terrified.
Later that day as I went
to work, I felt strange. My colleague smiled and blushed as we spoke, her
parents had agreed to babysit and she was ready for the day to end. “How could
I bail out now?” I asked myself. We had been talking about going out all week. Throughout
the day I tried to shrug the dream off, and by the end of my shift, I prepared to
go out.
As my colleague and
I met up, we discussed the plans for the night. After the outing, she would
pick up her kids from her parent’s house and then bring me home. Once
out, we were enjoying ourselves and having a good time, until my colleague could
no longer keep it together as she had gotten very drunk. Her family members told
her to go home (perhaps this was something she experienced often), and she
couldn’t drive so I offered to drive her home. As soon as we left the party, it
started raining. I ended up driving in the rain without my prescription glasses,
the car almost on E, and an intoxicated friend who could barely sit up. I
prayed the entire way to her parent’s house as I drove to pick up her children
and then brought her home. From her house, I ended up taking an Uber home and had
left my phone in the Uber. As I reflect on that night, I must say “That was one
heck of a night”. If I had just listened to my inner voice and stayed home, the
situation would have been different.
Proverbs 1: 20 says “Out in the
open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square”.
Today, it is important that we listen to the inner voice inside of us and
listen to wisdom as it can truly save our life. I challenge you to read the
book of Proverbs (31 chapters, perhaps one chapter a day if you can), as it is
all about the importance of having wisdom. May we apply it and answer it when
it knocks on the door of our hearts.
Be Encouraged,
Noelani
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