Proverbs 2

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Proverbs 2:1-8
  "My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protecrts the way of his faithful ones."

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As I read this passage, I am reminded that we obtain as much of God as we want, we find as much as we search for. His word promises right here that if we search as if we were after hidden treasure, we will find the Lord and the knowledge of God. We must fight diligiently to resist the evil one, and persevere for the glory and presence of God. James 1: 2-4 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Then following that in verses 5-6 it says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all you without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind." I find it interesting aswell as significant that James challenges them to perseverance and in the next sentence is telling them to ask for wisdom. This fits right along with Proverbs 2, we must persevere in our seeking of wisdom. He says in verse 6, if we ask one minute and doubt the next we are like a wave tossed in the wind. We must persevere through doubt and trial and press in and seek the Lord. How much do we desire Him and His presence in our lives? We get what we persevere for....

per-se-vere
     1. to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.

My challenge: to peresevere so that I may pursue and search out the heart of God...

My prayer: That God would grant His bride, the church, the heart to persevere through all trial and tribulation of the last days so that they may have the wisdom of God and be filled with the knowledge of Him. Come Jesus come. We miss you...