Though it Cost All You Have

Proverbs 4:5-7  Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.  (6)  Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.  (7)  Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

Solomon was dead serious when he wrote to his son about God's wisdom.  And why not - God's wisdom protects us, watches over us.

And yet, how many of us heed the advice of this verse in our own life?

We have been raised to believe in ourselves.  Our wisdom today is founded on our education, our experience in life, learning from our mistakes and striving on to be the person we are today.  This is why God's wisdom doesn't seem to be a priority for us.  It is almost always a last resort.  We cry to God only when all our wisdom has been drained and nothing happens.

But this is not who God must be, or how unimportant His wisdom is in our lives.

For Solomon to say "though it cost you all you have" means that it is something that is so important, so essential, that without it we would not have anything or accomplish anything.  This is how we need to look at God and His wisdom.

A disciple of Christ who has been truly been born again has a change of mind concerning who God is.  All of a sudden God becomes the very source of our life, of wisdom, and we cannot live without Him and His words.  And this is where this desire to know God and His wisdom comes from.  Here is where the willingness to count the cost to know Him and His word comes from.

Though it cost all you have...  Are we willing to spend that extra money for a new bible?  Are we willing to spend extra for fare or gasoline just to attend the bible study, the fellowship or the Sunday worship, knowing that this will add to our wisdom and understanding concerning God and His word?

Are we willing to spend more time in prayer, reading God's word every day?  Are we willing to make that extra effort to be in fellowship with other believers and attend bible studies?

Is this how essential God and His wisdom is in our hearts?

Oh, how all of us would echo the words of the disciples of Christ:

John 6:68  Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  

Though it cost all you have...