Prov 1:20-23 Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets; (21) she cries in the chief place of gathering, in the openings of the gates; in the city she utters her words, saying, (22) How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge? (23) Turn at my warning; behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Wisdom cries out in the streets and announces her triumph in public places but no one listens. The fools hate knowledge, the scorners love scorning and the simple ones want to stay simple, no one wants to change and apply wisdom to their lives. Why is this that no one wants to change and better themselves improving the quality of their lives? It is because wisdom comes from YHVH and simplicity, scorning and foolishness comes form Satan and from the flesh. We, or our flesh is more prone to fleshly things than spiritual things and the two are not compatible. It is like oil and water that do not mix. The only way to apply spiritual things (wisdom) to a fleshly body, is with the help and power of YHVH's Spirit. We read in Pro 1:23 that YHVH will pour out His Spirit unto those who choose to turn/repent from their fleshly ways, He will do the rest. It starts with a choice, then YHVH will work with you supporting your decision and help you to overcome by revealing His wisdom to you, through His Word and His Spirit.
Can you invent wisdom or are you the author of wise words? No, all wisdom comes from YHVH and He is the originator of it all. It started at Creation where He brought everything that is spiritual into the physical realm, through His words of wisdom. Wisdom is the vehicle between the two worlds (spiritual and physical), the spiritual forms the physical. The only issue is, will the physical receive the words of wisdom in order to submit to the recreation process to better or restore the fallen physical state? We listen through our ears and wisdom is crying out in order to recreate and restore our fallen physical state. We need to open our ears and listen (shema) to YHVH Words and allow His Spirit to recreate us.
How do we adhere to the cry of wisdom? It is described in the parable of the sower:
Mat 13:3-9 And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow. (4) And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them. (5) Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth. And they sprang up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth. (6) And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away. (7) And some fell among thorns. And the thorns sprung up and choked them. (8) And some fell on the good ground and yielded fruit, indeed one a hundredfold, and one sixty, and one thirty. (9) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
This Parable describes our hearts as different types of soil:
· the way side or hard trodden road,
· the stony ground with a layer of soft top soil,
· the thorny ground
· and lastly the good soft ground.
These four types of ground describes four types of hearts;
· a totally unteachable set in your ways heart,
· a heart that will listen at first but will loose interest after a short period of time,
· a heart that that is very busy and has a lot of other important interests
· a receptive humble teachable heart that takes time to digest the information and change accordingly.
What kind of heart do you have and are you able to listen to the cry of wisdom and receive her words? Humble yourselves and ask YHVH to help you to become humble so that you may be receptive to His Word and His Spirit. Humility and teachability is the key to a life or repentance and change for the better.
YHVH's Spirit prepares people's hearts just like His Spirit prepared the empty and void earth hovering over the face of the water.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim moved on the face of the waters.
It says that darkness was upon the face of the deep (water) and YHVH's Spirit moved upon the face of the water. In the same way we can draw the conclusion that darkness is on the "face" of people's hearts but YHVH's Spirit moves over their hearts as well. Why did YHVH's Spirit move over the face of the water where the darkness coincided? Water is the source of life and life cannot exist without water. YHVH removed the darkness over the waters by creating Light and then formed the rest of creation from the water. In the same way should the darkness be removed from every person's heart by introducing light (Truth) so that YHVH's Spirit can use the person's heart to create life from it, removing the void and emptiness. Have you ever felt empty and void? If you still do, then you need YHVH's Light (Word/Truth) and His Spirit to recreate your heart and bring it to life.
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