"Direction in Life - Part 2"
Daniel Valles

READ Proverbs 1:22

Of course, there are an abundant number of people who prefer simplicity in the realm of knowledge and wisdom.   The Bereans, had such an appetite for God's Word, that they searched the Scriptures for the truth!  Knowledge that comes from God is applicable to EVERY aspect of life!  Do not relegate God and His Word to only providing help in religious or spiritual matters!  God does not just have an exhaustive commentary on religion, but His understanding is infinite!

Proverbs 1:29 says, "For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord."  Some of us may use to phrase to "shoot yourself in the foot".  Proverbs has the same idea.  If you want to ruin your life, and deprive yourself of knowledge, do not fear God.  Keep your Bible on the shelf, your prayer only rote recitations at dinner, and your testimony in your own house - you will succeed at being a failure.  You may look good, act good, sound good, and even smell good; but, God says that if you do not fear Him, you are a fool!  If I spend more time watching TV than I do reading God's Word, I should not be surprise that I know more about how to think like the world that I know how to think like Christ!  If I expend my energy greedily for myself and family, with no care for pursuing God, then I am a fool!  If I spend more time chatting online with vague associations than I spend in God, I should not be surprise that the direction I take in life is erratic!

Fear God, get in His Word, beg Him for the wisdom, knowledge, and discernment that you will not find in this world!  Get on your face before Him and plead for the understanding as you guide your life and family down life's uncertain roads.  We wouldn't dare travel even a hundred miles today without some type of map; yet, many Christians are content to travel down the easy and broad avenues of life, not daring to go down The Narrow Way, because they have no desire for knowledge.  "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?"  Prov. 1:22