If you spend any time at all in Proverbs 2, you’ll end up prospecting. The whole chapter is a gold mine that invites you to grab a pick and come digging.
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Wisdom, it says, is to be searched for like silver or gold; discernment is to be dug for like precious stones.
Why would the Bible make such a big deal about something that in a way is already ours? Why would it send us off searching for God and his wisdom, when we’ve already found God?
Hasn’t he already made himself known to us through Christ?
Hasn’t God already richly given us all things that pertain to life and godliness?
He has put wonderful deposits, great resources, within our reach. The Holy Spirit dwelling within us shows that God has placed a hidden treasure in us. Face it: You and I have within our grasp, even inside us, a gold mine. But it’s a gold mine of possibilities. God asks us to roll up our sleeves and dig for all those riches he’s given us.
We have to prospect for the gold of his wisdom, the precious gems of understanding and discernment.
We may have been given the mind of Christ, but God wants us to find his heart. I think it was A. W. Tozer who said, “To have found God and yet to still pursue Him is the soul’s greatest paradox of love.”
Pursue God. Stake a claim in wisdom. And when you find the treasure, you’ll find it was more than worth the digging and dying to self. Because you will have discovered the heart of God.
You CAN read the Bible through in a year. Start today!
Mon: 1 Samuel 16-17, Luke 24:45-53, Psalm 63, Prov 22:17-23
Tues: 1 Samuel 18:1-20:29, John 1:1-13, Psalm 92, Prov 22:24-25
Wed: 1 Samuel 20:30-23:29, John 1:14-28, Ps 29, Prov 22:26-29
Thurs: 1 Samuel 24-26, John 1:29-42, Psalm 131, Proverb 23:1-3
Fri: 1 Samuel 27-31, John 1:43-51, Psalm 23, Proverb 23:4-5
Sat: Ephesians 1:1-4:16, John 2:1-11, Psalm 110, Prov 23:6-9
Sun: Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:25-35, Luke 2:41-1, Acts 1:13-14
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.”
Proverbs 2:3; 8:11