"Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." - Proverbs 2:11
Sometimes I have to
wear a leg brace. This contraption slips over my knee and has
two steel bars on either side. Putting it on can be
rather difficult at times, but when it's worn, my knee joint is fully
protected from slipping side to side. It keeps my knee from suffering
damage when weak and helps in the healing process when injured. It looks
clunky but it does the job as it... protects and guards.
This entire
proverb speaks of a brace for the spiritual and moral life. To obtain
wisdom one has to work at putting it into the heart. But once
wisdom enters the heart you will understand "what is right and just
and fair—every good path." (vs. 9) Wisdom will save you
from slipping from "straight
paths" to walk in "dark
ways". (vs. 13) Wisdom from the Lord has two steel
bars named discretion and understanding that will... protect and guard.
Wisdom will not be
acquired all in one day. It will only come from the hard work of time
spent in God's Word. Will you make time today, tomorrow and the
next day to value God's wisdom and store it up in your heart
like a priceless treasure? If you will, it will save you from moral
failure and will lead you into paths of life, because it will... protect and guard.
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