6 April

Proverbs 8:32-36

We see here a wonderful picture of what you are doing each day as you open your Bible and seek to hear from God. You are ‘watching daily at [his] door, waiting at [his] doorway’ (v.34). This is the way to life in all its fullness. This is the way to ‘receive favour from the Lord’ (v.35). It is so important, it is a matter of life and death (vv.35–36).

We have seen that the wisdom of the book of Proverbs foreshadows Christ, who is the wisdom of God. It is not just a matter of learning some ‘top tips for life’, but learning from the source of wisdom himself.

However, seeking God requires discipline and patience – you have to learn to wait on God. You can miss out if you are in too much of a hurry.

He then goes on to explain how persistence is just as important in your relationship with God. ‘Keep on asking... keep on seeking... keep on knocking... For everyone who asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened’ (vv.9–10, AMP).

Jesus particularly relates this to receiving the Holy Spirit (v.13). You need to keep on seeking for more of the Holy Spirit and his wisdom and power in your life.

Moses tells the people to ‘listen’ to these instructions, ‘learn them’, ‘live them’ (v.1, MSG). If you seek God daily, persistently and wholeheartedly, you will find life in all its fullness, and it will transform the way that you love and serve others.