Daily Wisdom..."Knowledge"

“How long ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  Pro 1:22

The simple or naïve individual lacks discernment, easily enchanted by the music of the pied-pipers following wherever they may lead. The scoffer is the skeptic, mocker who contemptuously disagrees with anything that opposes their own will. The fool is not lacking intelligence, but one who misses use it, not one who does not reason, but reason wrongly. Those who refuse the reproof of God, whether willfully or indifferently, the reason for it is often the same, self-protection.  Admitting to our fault requires humility which in turn, we allow to threaten our ego, because we measure our self-worth more so by our performance in life. But what if we changed our goal? Instead of protecting ourselves, we committed ourselves to becoming like Christ? Then instead of refuting wisdom we would be drawn to it and respond correctly. Col 3:9-10 “…seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds; (10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created them.”

“Don’t mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.”

HSAY…Todd