Proverbs 18:1-24
‘The fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream’(4). ‘The grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus’(1 Timothy 1:14). This is the ‘wisdom’ we must seek - the wisdom which receives ‘salvation through faith in Christ Jesus’(2 Timothy 3:15). True wisdom finds its overflowing joy in the Saviour: ‘The Name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe’(10). We rejoice in Jesus. He is God’s Son - ‘You shall call His Name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High’(Luke 1:31-32). He is our Saviour - ‘You shall call His Name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins’(Matthew 1:21). He is ‘the Friend who sticks closer than a brother’(24). Jesus is God’s Son. Be wise. Let Him be your Saviour and Friend.
Proverbs 19:1-29
‘The fear of the Lord leads to life’(23). ‘The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear Him’(Psalm 25:14). What a strange combination - friendship and fear! We ask, ‘How can there be friendship where there is fear?’. Here, we have a special kind of friendship - ‘the friendship of the Lord’- and a special kind of fear - ‘the fear of the Lord’. Why is this friendship and fear so special? It’s because the Lord is special! He is the God of perfect holiness - ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty’. We must come before Him in ‘the fear of the Lord’- ‘Woe is me! I am undone; I am a man of unclean lips...’. He is the God of perfect love. He calls us into friendship with Himself - ‘Your guilt is taken away and your sin forgiven’(Isaiah 6:3,5,7). We rejoice in ‘the friendship of the Lord’. Let us respect Him with ‘the fear of the Lord’.
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