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How to Seek Wisdom Like a Treasure

“My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God.” (Proverbs 2:1-5 CSB – Read the chapter)

Think for just a second about the total number of things you have learned truly on your own. You did the research. You performed the experiments. You found all the secrets. You not only solved the equations, you came up with them in the first place. This was truly unique knowledge, you are managed to get it for yourself. How long is that list? I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s not actually very long. Let me add another thing to it: the Christian faith. No one comes to or grows in the faith all by themselves. Let’s talk about how it actually happens.

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