Walk Of Life – Day 03, February 2022 – Thoughts From The Book Of Proverbs – Love!
Love To Keep Sound Wisdom And Discretion
My son, let them not depart from your eyes— Keep sound wisdom and discretion; – Proverbs 3:21
Discretion is knowledge and wisdom in motion. Discretion is the developed ability to understand right from wrong, to know the relative importance of things, and then to act appropriately. For the first approximately twenty years of his reign, godly discretion ruled the heart of the wise King Solomon.
Wisdom with Discretion
Solomon received his gift of wisdom from God. Solomon’s wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind were like the sand on the seashore (1 Kings 4:29). As a result of that gift, he was inspired to give burnt offerings and peace offerings (1 Kings 3:15). We can see the immediate influence of the wise and discerning mind that he received from God. His first act was to show his thankfulness. We notice Solomon’s love for the Lord in the sincerity of his prayer.
King Solomon’s record of wisdom in the Book of Proverbs and in the Song of Solomon are a continual memorial to God’s gift. The sheer number of Proverbs and Songs that Solomon wrote is astounding: “And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five” (1 Kings 4:32). Through his writings, he served God’s people who would live for thousands of years after him. We are blessed to have King Solomon’s wisdom recorded for us, as a guide for our daily decisions.
Throughout the Book of Proverbs we notice King Solomon’s wisdom in his faith. On one occasion in particular, when the Ark of the Covenant was brought into the Temple, his faith and trust in God to help him finish the temple enabled the dream of his father David to be fulfilled. King Solomon spread his hands toward heaven and delivered a beautiful, inspirational prayer (1 Kings 8:22-53). Afterward, he proclaimed to the people of Israel that God keeps his promises and gives rest to His people (1 Kings 8:54-61). He urged Israel to “know” the Lord and to keep His commandments. It must have been an inspiring event to witness in person.
Even though King Solomon had wisdom with discretion, he did not always apply them or upright purposes. Later in life, his many wives seemed to easily turn his heart away from God. Perhaps it was King Solomon’s fleshly lust that made him neglect his obedience to God. Though he was gifted with such a great blessing he took it for granted at the later part of his life. He did not love that sound wisdom and discretion.
May it be in our profession or in our personal life or related to our spiritual side we need to have sound wisdom and discretion. We need to yearn for this wisdom in action to know who is actually right and wrong at the work place, what type of results will come for a certain action, are our children doing the right thing, is everything OK with our spouse, What I am hearing is this really based on the word of God and so on.
May our words, actions, decisions. judgements be based on wisdom and discretion. Everyday let us ask the Lord to bless us with sound wisdom and discretion. Let us love to have it everyday of our life even till the last breath of ours unlike the wise king Solomon.
Prayer: God of wisdom, help us to love wisdom and discretion so that what ever we do or think will be proved right in the test of time. Amen.
