Prayer.

Reading: Prov 2:2.

Meditation.

One of the things about mining is that it takes hard work. Sometimes you’ve got to bend your back into it and work. And it’s the same with wisdom. We must work hard in God’s Word to get wisdom.

Pay attention to that statement: “incline your heart to understanding.” This word incline means to stretch out, to strain. It’s like a runner at the end of the race stretching out to reach the finish line. We are to stretch out our hearts to understand. In other words, we must work hard. We must strain and strive. We must do everything in our power to understand God’s Word.

Again, wisdom won’t just come to you. By nature, you’ll have to work hard to get it. You’ll have to work hard in God’s Word. So let me ask you: How’s your Bible work ethic going? Are you a Bible study sluggard, or a biblical study workhorse? Are you at it, working and straining yourself to understand? Or are you happy to sit back and turn up once a week on Sunday?

Be ye doers of the word…

To gain wisdom, we must be constant, continuous, and diligent in our effort to understand God’s Word. We must always be straining to grasp it more deeply. As an Olympic athlete dedicates themselves and strains for physical excellence, so too we must strain for spiritual excellence as we seek to understand the Word of God.

Prayer of Confession & Consecration.

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