Archive | August 2025

Proverbs 9 – Consumed with awe

Aug9

Good day everyone and welcome to another day of blogging 😊

Today we look at chapter 9.

[4] “Whoever wants to know me and receive my wisdom, [5] come and dine at my table and drink of my wine. [6] Lay aside your simple thoughts and leave your paths behind. Agree with my ways, live in my truth, and you will find righteousness.” (Proverbs 9:4-6 TPT)

Wisdom has sent invitation, and the table is set. It is open to everyone. You are invited to come in and dine with wisdom. At the table of wisdom is where you find knowledge, understanding, guidance, direction and divine strategy that you need to succeed in life. This is not the wisdom that comes from man but the wisdom of God – The one who created the whole earth and sustains it by wisdom. Will you heed wisdoms call today?

[8] So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you. [9] Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more. (Proverbs 9:8-9 NLT)

Are you teachable and respond constructively to correction, or do you become defensive and disregard it? The manner in which one handles correction is a strong indicator of whether you are heading in the direction of wisdom or not. 

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9-10 NKJV)

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God and the knowledge of God gives us understanding. I love how TPT version put this popular verse we all know 

[10] The starting point for acquiring wisdom is to be consumed with awe as you worship Yahweh. To receive the revelation of the Holy One, you must come to the one who has living-understanding. (Proverbs 9:10 TPT)

The word “consumed” knocked me out. This means giving our full attention, focus and effort in worship of God. To be completely absorbed by God’s power, holiness and sovereignty such that we have no time or space for anything else

I am going to leave us with the same question I have been pondering on: Am I completely consumed by God or have I become too familiar with him? May the lord help us.

The table is set are you going to attend? The choice is yours. Choose wisely 

Thanks for joining me on this journey.

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Proverbs 8 – Flirting with death?

Aug7

Good day everyone and welcome to another day of blogging through the bible 😊

Today we look at Proverbs chapter 8 and will focus on verses 13 and 32-36

13Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!” (Proverbs 7: 13 TPT)

Wisdom pours into you when you hate every form of evil in your life. Loving evil shows a lack of wisdom. Hating what’s evil is a form of worship to God. Most times we see worship as only the songs we sing, especially the slow tempo ones but really and truly worship is beyond that. In Romans 12: 1-2, Paul tells us that offering every part of our lives as a living sacrifice is worship to God. 

Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. (Romans 12:1 TPT)

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. (Romans 12:1 MSG)

Worship of God encompasses a life lived in reverence and submission to him, acknowledging His sovereignty and responding to His grace with gratitude and obedience. It involves a heart that prioritizes God above all else and a lifestyle that reflects His will in every aspect of life. 

When you say “God, I worship you,” consider if your actions and lifestyle truly reflect that worship. Words don’t mean anything if there is no action to back it up.

The writer in verse 13, has made it clear that hating evil, pride and perverse speech is worship to God and as a result, wisdom is poured into us.

32“So listen, my sons and daughters, to everything I tell you, for nothing will bring you more joy than following my ways. 33Listen to my counsel, for my instruction will enlighten you. You’ll be wise not to ignore it. 34If you wait at wisdom’s doorway, longing to hear a word for every day, joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say. 35For the fountain of life pours into you every time that you find me, and this is the secret of growing in the delight and the favor of the Lord. 36But those who stumble and miss me will be sorry they did! For ignoring what I have to say will bring harm to your own soul. Those who hate me are simply flirting with death!”  (Proverbs 8: 32-26 TPT)

These verses above speak for themselves but verse 34- 36 really stood out for me

If you seek for wisdom each day, waiting to hear from God to see what he will say, this scripture says joy will break forth within you. The word of God brings us joy. If you are lacking joy, carve out time daily to spend with God, to listen for his instructions and you will see joy bursting forth from within you.

Fountain of life pours into you every time we seek for the wisdom of God and find it. This is the life of God – Zoe. Seeking for wisdom is the secret of growing in the delight and favour of the Lord. It’s not too late to start seeking wisdom and stop flirting with death

My prayer for us today is that we will learn to hate evil and our everyday life will be an acceptable worship unto God. That we will daily seek for God’s wisdom and in return, He will pour his life into us In Jesus Name. Amen

Thanks for joining me on this journey.

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