God's Wisdom Cries Out

Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? 2 On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 3 beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:

This is good news! God does not hide His wisdom. Personified as a woman, she climbs to the highest hilltop of the city; she uses her loudest voice; she finds the busiest parts of town where the most people are; she greets everyone at the entrance to the city, where all must pass her by.

Why does God post His wisdom for all to find? He loves us! He wants us to find Him! He is a God of holiness, of strict ways, of exact requirements, of extreme justice. But He will not keep His requirements a secret. He does not hide His expectations of humanty in places where only those skilled in digging out the esoteric can find them. He publishes His standards openly. He invites and even begs humankind to read them.

To those who read His requirements and find that they fall short, God provides a remedy, a Savior, His Son. Everyone who turns to Jesus Christ will be received. God turns no one away! If we ourselves cannot obey God's law, and no one can--no, not one!--God allows us to claim the perfect performance of His Son as our very own!

By calling on the name of Jesus, accepting His death upon the cross as our own, by believing in His resurrection and life, we are made holy in God's sight. And then God sends His own Spirit within us to help us learn and obey all His requirements for us. The reward is eternal life. God promises a life of eternal joy to all those who believe in His Son Jesus.

Who could pass up such a great offer? Yet so very many do.

The good news is that it is never too late to cry out to God. If anyone finds themselves on the outside, apart from God, not counted as one of His beloved children, just cry out to God. Admit your lost condition, ask Him to help you to ask Jesus into your heart. Ask God to give you the belief that you lack. By so doing, you have turned to Him; you have not rejected Him, and He will give you His wisdom and the rest you so desperately yearn for. Don't let another moment go by--do it now!

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Oh Father, I am ever so grateful that You drew my heart unto Yourself. I am so grateful, Lord, that You placed in me a desire to know You, that You touched me in such a way that I turned toward You and asked You for help in my lost, lost state. Lord, I pray for those who cannot pray for themselves. I pray that You would touch many, many lives this morning, right now, with Your goodness and Your love, and place in their hearts this instant a strong desire to turn the ears of their hearts toward You, to seek Your face in the person of Your blessed Son Jesus. I know that of everyone who turns to You, You will turn no one away. O Father, help their hearts to turn. In Jesus' name, Amen.