In reading Proverbs 8 today we see that Wisdom is continually calling out to people! To the lost Wisdom tells them of their need for a Savior and Who He is! To the born again believer, Wisdom speaks of being filled with the Spirit of Almighty God so that we can walk in a deeper and more powerful understanding of the Word of God and a more powerful anointing of Holy Spirit ministry gifts for the purpose of reaching the lost! Verse 1-6:
1 Does not skillful and godly Wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice [in contrast to the loose woman]? 2 On the top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, stands Wisdom [skillful and godly]; 3 At the gates at the entrance of the town, at the coming in at the doors, she cries out: 4 To you, O men, I call, and my voice is directed to the sons of men. 5 O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart. 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent and princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things.
Notice that the Amplified Bible here contrasts Wisdom (in verse 1) with the loose woman that we have already been warned about in previous Proverbs. Remember that Solomon wrote these Proverbs to share the Wisdom that he had received from his father David and his mother Bathsheba. Some of their Wisdom came from the Word of God and some came from their own life experiences of going contrary to the Word! At one point Solomon was very receptive to their training. How do we know that he moved away from that Wisdom? Read the Book of Ecclesiastes and see Solomon's perspective in his old age after a long life of neglecting the Word of God and the things of God! Another way that we KNOW that he turned from this Wisdom is found in 1 Kings 11:1-4:
1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. KJV
With all of the warning that his parents had made to Solomon about these foreign and "loose" women, they were exactly who he went after! With all of the godly Hebrew women in his kingdom to choose from, Solomon was enamored by these worldly women, and they did exactly what Wisdom had warned him they would do! The good news is that Solomon repented in his old age and came back into fellowship with God. There is a great warning here to any born again believers, men and women, who are attracted to an unbeliever. If you do not make a stand to wait for a believer, you will not change them, they WILL change you! What should you do? You should surrender your will to God, Who has excellent plans for your life (Jeremiah 29:11) and trust HIM explicitly! The unbeliever you know MAY become a believer if left alone to see that He needs a Savior, but God's choice for you is so far superior than any you could pick for yourself! Fall in love with JESUS first and MOST! Now trust HIM to bring the right person to you, all the while YOU are digging into His Word, prayer, praise and worship, and fellowship with HIM to BECOME the right person for YOUR "right person"! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Real Love":
Shalom in Him!
