Wisdom, correction, discipline, honor, and humility, are all part of understanding. They all are necessary in the pursuit of God. It all starts with the proper view of God. The Bible calls it “the fear of the Lord”. You can’t expect to receive any of these attributes mentioned above, without having the proper perspective of God. And you can’t have the proper perspective of God, without having the right standing with God. It all begins with Jesus, and what He did on the cross. You can’t display what you don’t possess. Unless God gives us wisdom, the only thing that will develop in our lives is PRIDE, which is the opposite of humility. And instead of honor following humility (as it says here in Proverbs), what follows PRIDE is a great fall.
31 If you listen to constructive criticism,you will be at home among the wise. 32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. 33 Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom;humility precedes honor.
Proverbs 15:31-33
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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