A WORD TO THE WISE. Proverbs 29: 3. "Deep to Street"

Proverbs 29: 3     Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, but a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.

Proverbs 29: 3.  You ever have one of those conversations with your father in which you pause, tilt your head, turn your ear a little toward him, and squint your eyes because you’re thinking, “What the crap is Daddy talking about?”

I’ve had lots of moments like that and I think that Solomon’s son had lots of those moments, too, one being at Proverbs 29: 3.

“Daddy.  Daddy?  Seriously, how you just jump from whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice to ‘hang with hoes and lose your money’?   You can’t just go from deep to street like that.”

But that is the nature of Biblical wisdom, the wisdom of God.   The same God who knows the deepest theological principles also knows the secrets of a successful family and understands how to survive and excel in a cruel, cruel world. 

That’s why Jesus made the following statement in His ordination & commissioning sermon to the disciples:  “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10: 16) 

An honest, Bible-based  theology is equally practicable at the altar, at the dinner table, and on the corner.

When we forget that and we isolate godly thinking into certain exclusively “religious” situations, we leave ourselves vulnerable and ignorant, weak and naiive, prey to all the people and spirits who want to exploit and destroy us.

But, if you recognize, for example, that the way you practice your sexuality has spiritual implications (1 Corinthians 6: 11-20); then you are equipped to make the wise choice to do the right thing.  That kind of living-by-the-Book wisdom causes your Father to rejoice.

Without living-by-the-Book wisdom in every aspect of your life, you’ll get caught up, corrupted, and bankrupted socially, sexually, and financially.

So since our Father who art in Heaven does actually know what He’s talking about, it’s in your and my best interest to live in a way that make Him rejoice.

---Anderson T. Graves II

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is the pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church

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