Reading
SAA Notes
Stupidity or Folly captivates, beggars, burns, and kills whoever comes within its arena. Just the application to adultery itself gives you sufficient information. The world paints adultery in wonderful, romantic colours. It does not show you this picture!
SJA Notes
* Faithful God, mark us today as a faithful people as You are faithful, singular in our devotion to You and those You have given to us.
“… Keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.”
Solomon knows well the results of rejecting God’s commands and teaching.
He was a man with many wives, hundreds upon hundreds.
What kind of insight might he have gleaned from this decision-making?
Make wisdom your friend!
An intimate close friend – To protect you!
Folly is loud and brash, enticing and full of promise.
But only emptiness can be found down that broad road.
Wisdom is different.
Wisdom is a narrow road, hard and often bringing suffering.
The end of wisdom though is a fulfilled promise like no other.
In 1 John 2 we read of Jesus (God in the Person of the Son),
“And this is the promise that he made to us – eternal life.”
In John 10 (the gospel) we read Jesus saying,
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and the follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”
We see here that the pattern of wisdom is to follow Jesus. We are His sheep, He is our Good Shepherd.
So when is this promise to be fulfilled?
In Matthew 25 we read,
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.”
This is a time in the future, when Jesus will return.
Our King will return.
On that day we will enter into His presence and be given this promised gift – Eternal life, life to the full!
* God Almighty,
You have set a day, please mark us as a people ready.
Please help us to seek wisdom, to bind wisdom to our eyes and write wisdom on our hearts.
Please write Your word on our heart today.
Amen.