May the mumbling commence!
Where do we go to find wisdom? Proverbs 9:3 tells us that Lady Wisdom calls out from the highest point of the city. Where do we go to find folly? Proverbs 9:14 tells us that Lady Folly also calls out from the highest point of the city.
Do we leave our fortunes to Lady Luck? That would prove disastrous. There are always ways of telling the difference. Look at the contrast in the ways Lady Wisdom and Lady Folly act:
Wisdom has built her house;
She has hewn its seven pillars.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
She has also set her table.
She has sent out her maids, and she calls
From the highest point in the city. (Prov. 9:1-3)
The woman Folly is loud;
She is undisciplined and without knowledge.
She sits at the door of her house,
On a seat at the highest point of the city,
Calling out to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way. (Prov. 9:13-15)
Lady Wisdom busies herself with industrious actions. She has built and hewn her house. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine. She has set her table and sent her maids to find guests. On the other hand, Lady Folly leisurely sits at the door of her house…
And there is a difference in the messages that each uses to entice people to come. Read them below:
“Come, eat my food
And drink the wine I have mixed.
Leave your simple ways and you will live;
Walk in the way of understanding.” (Prov. 9:5-6)
“Let all who are simple come in here!”
She says to those who lack judgment.
“Stolen water is sweet;
Food eaten in secret is delicious.” (Prov. 9:16-17)
If you cannot tell, the former is Lady Wisdom and the latter is Lady Folly. Lady Wisdom offers her own food, while Lady Folly offers food in secret (stolen food?). Lady Wisdom offers wine she had mixed, while Lady Folly offers stolen water. Lady Wisdom implores the simple to leave behind their simple ways and live, while Lady Folly encourages the simple to wallow in their ways.
If advice seems to easy, then it is probably Lady Folly speaking, IF advice is difficult and life-changing, it is probably Lady Wisdom speaking. So, seek not the easy path – it leads to destruction. Seek, instead, the more difficult path and embrace the quality and quantity of life that the Lord has for you.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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