Proverb of The Week https://www.southberwicktbs.org Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:34:37 -0400 https://www.churchplantmedia.com/ Trusting https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/trusting https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/trusting#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2022 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/trusting How can a Christian benefit from the Book of Proverbs?  . . . By trusting in the One Who inspired it. 

Proverbs 3:5-8 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. 7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 8It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”

But, “He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing” –Proverbs 29:1.

May the Holy Spirit help us to acknowledge Him by possessing a mental awareness of Who God is (Heb. 11:6) so that we make a free-will choice to surrender to His Ways in a faith response to the authority of His Word, the Word of He Who loves us so. Thereby, we may have the God-given ability and discernment to make righteous judgments. That is wisdom. Folly chooses not to bring God into the equation, but it is wisdom that acknowledges God’s character and nature being present to help in times of decision-making. Biblical wisdom is Christ-centered and can only be drawn upon through a relationship with Him by His Spirit. It is His Spirit and Truth that give us the divine ability to see something from God’s viewpoint and then to act accordingly by His grace through faith. 

Are you ready for a “healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones?” Trust in Him.

]]> How can a Christian benefit from the Book of Proverbs?  . . . By trusting in the One Who inspired it. 

Proverbs 3:5-8 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. 7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 8It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”

But, “He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing” –Proverbs 29:1.

May the Holy Spirit help us to acknowledge Him by possessing a mental awareness of Who God is (Heb. 11:6) so that we make a free-will choice to surrender to His Ways in a faith response to the authority of His Word, the Word of He Who loves us so. Thereby, we may have the God-given ability and discernment to make righteous judgments. That is wisdom. Folly chooses not to bring God into the equation, but it is wisdom that acknowledges God’s character and nature being present to help in times of decision-making. Biblical wisdom is Christ-centered and can only be drawn upon through a relationship with Him by His Spirit. It is His Spirit and Truth that give us the divine ability to see something from God’s viewpoint and then to act accordingly by His grace through faith. 

Are you ready for a “healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones?” Trust in Him.

]]> Understanding https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/understanding https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/understanding#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/understanding Knowledge is connected to having an accurate understanding of all around us as God’s Creation. Wisdom is the acquired skill by the Holy Spirit in how to apply that knowledge accurately in the preciseness of faith that results in Christ’s Nature being formed in us.

Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” And “…all those who practice it have a good understanding” – Psalm 111:10.

Understanding is transliterated as sunesis, speaks of “the putting together of all the pieces.”

So, wisdom is that which is derived by reverentially getting to know the Lord, which enables us by His Spirit to objectively have understanding into our surroundings and in how to best apply Truth in any given situation.

Wisdom includes spiritual discernment of an awareness of God’s Presence being present at all times. For the fools, the ungodly, are non-thinkers with God and consider His instruction as nothing. But, reverence for God is the root of all wisdom and bears branches of His righteousness, which extends its fruit through His people that others may have life. 

This Proverb is not meant to be an insult, but a warning. If someone continually resists wisdom over a long period of time, they just may find that the day comes when suddenly they are broken and beyond healing (Prov. 29:1).

Yet, that healing is just one turn away, a turning towards God with a reverence for His Presence in the midst of all things. Friends, He sent his Word to heal us and deliver us from all of our destruction (Psa. 107:20). Now, let’s receive and grow in our healing.

]]> Knowledge is connected to having an accurate understanding of all around us as God’s Creation. Wisdom is the acquired skill by the Holy Spirit in how to apply that knowledge accurately in the preciseness of faith that results in Christ’s Nature being formed in us.

Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” And “…all those who practice it have a good understanding” – Psalm 111:10.

Understanding is transliterated as sunesis, speaks of “the putting together of all the pieces.”

So, wisdom is that which is derived by reverentially getting to know the Lord, which enables us by His Spirit to objectively have understanding into our surroundings and in how to best apply Truth in any given situation.

Wisdom includes spiritual discernment of an awareness of God’s Presence being present at all times. For the fools, the ungodly, are non-thinkers with God and consider His instruction as nothing. But, reverence for God is the root of all wisdom and bears branches of His righteousness, which extends its fruit through His people that others may have life. 

This Proverb is not meant to be an insult, but a warning. If someone continually resists wisdom over a long period of time, they just may find that the day comes when suddenly they are broken and beyond healing (Prov. 29:1).

Yet, that healing is just one turn away, a turning towards God with a reverence for His Presence in the midst of all things. Friends, He sent his Word to heal us and deliver us from all of our destruction (Psa. 107:20). Now, let’s receive and grow in our healing.

]]> The Key To Dwelling Secure Without The Fear Of Disaster https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-key-to-dwelling-secure-without-the-fear-of-disaster https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-key-to-dwelling-secure-without-the-fear-of-disaster#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-key-to-dwelling-secure-without-the-fear-of-disaster

Proverbs 1:28-31 – “Then they will call upon Me, but I will not answer;” they will seek Me diligently but will not find Me.  29Because they hated knowledge (v. 22) and did not choose the fear of the Lord, 30would have none of My counsel and despised all My reproof, 31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.”

At the root of all prideful disobedience against the experiential knowledge of the Truth is  the choice not to have a reverential fear of the Lord. Those who make this choice will hate the knowledge of the Truth. They will despise the wisdom and the instruction which this knowledge provides. Thus, turning a deaf ear to the only source for real help that would give them the needed guidance to move forward, they are like a ship gone adrift, driven by the wind along an undefined course, crying out for wisdom’s help while wallowing in the mire of the consequences of their own decisions. 

But for those who choose to have a reverential fear of the Lord, their choice is the beginning of a love relationship with the knowledge of the Truth (Prov. 1:7). This makes possible the hearing of faith so that we can hear Wisdom’s call to heed her counsel.

Proverbs 1:32-33 – “For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; 33BUT WHOEVER LISTENS TO ME WILL DWELL SECURE AND WILL BE AT EASE, WITHOUT DREAD OF DISASTER.”

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Proverbs 1:28-31 – “Then they will call upon Me, but I will not answer;” they will seek Me diligently but will not find Me.  29Because they hated knowledge (v. 22) and did not choose the fear of the Lord, 30would have none of My counsel and despised all My reproof, 31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.”

At the root of all prideful disobedience against the experiential knowledge of the Truth is  the choice not to have a reverential fear of the Lord. Those who make this choice will hate the knowledge of the Truth. They will despise the wisdom and the instruction which this knowledge provides. Thus, turning a deaf ear to the only source for real help that would give them the needed guidance to move forward, they are like a ship gone adrift, driven by the wind along an undefined course, crying out for wisdom’s help while wallowing in the mire of the consequences of their own decisions. 

But for those who choose to have a reverential fear of the Lord, their choice is the beginning of a love relationship with the knowledge of the Truth (Prov. 1:7). This makes possible the hearing of faith so that we can hear Wisdom’s call to heed her counsel.

Proverbs 1:32-33 – “For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; 33BUT WHOEVER LISTENS TO ME WILL DWELL SECURE AND WILL BE AT EASE, WITHOUT DREAD OF DISASTER.”

]]> The Call of Wisdom https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-call-of-wisdom- https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-call-of-wisdom-#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0500 https://www.southberwicktbs.org/proverbs-of-the-week/post/the-call-of-wisdom-

The Call of Wisdom in Proverbs points us to the Call found in the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1).

We cannot merely hear this particular Call to Wisdom with our outer ears. It takes the Holy Spirit to teach our inner ear. It is the Holy Spirit who guides us into all Truth, who takes the hearing aid of faith with Jesus Christ as its object, who takes this faith which came from hearing the Word of God, to make known to us the Call of Wisdom.

This Call to Wisdom can be heard in the noisy, public square by anyone who has an ear to hear. Her tone carries with it a message of urgency for God’s people to heed her call. 

May this Call of Wisdom pierce the noise of this generation for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May the entrance of His Word give Light and understanding to the simple-minded. And may the scoffers who delighted in themselves be found delighting in the Lord, that all that is done, be done for the Father’s glory and by His great and enduring mercy towards us all.

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The Call of Wisdom in Proverbs points us to the Call found in the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1).

We cannot merely hear this particular Call to Wisdom with our outer ears. It takes the Holy Spirit to teach our inner ear. It is the Holy Spirit who guides us into all Truth, who takes the hearing aid of faith with Jesus Christ as its object, who takes this faith which came from hearing the Word of God, to make known to us the Call of Wisdom.

This Call to Wisdom can be heard in the noisy, public square by anyone who has an ear to hear. Her tone carries with it a message of urgency for God’s people to heed her call. 

May this Call of Wisdom pierce the noise of this generation for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May the entrance of His Word give Light and understanding to the simple-minded. And may the scoffers who delighted in themselves be found delighting in the Lord, that all that is done, be done for the Father’s glory and by His great and enduring mercy towards us all.

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