“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom” (3:13). It sounds like wisdom is something hidden that we must seek like hidden treasure. It is indeed like that, but not because God conceals it. It is not wisdom that is hidden but us. It is as though we were lost within a vast labyrinth under the ground with no light, walking randomly back and forwards bumping into walls and falling into holes in the darkness. God calls to us from the surface and his voice is the voice of wisdom. He guides us out of the labyrinth to where we can see clearly. Finding wisdom is like the process of emerging from this labyrinth. Wisdom is the light outside that we find as we follow the voice of God to the opening where the warmth and light of the sun awaits us. This is the blessing of finding wisdom. People tend to get used to the cold and dark of the labyrinth and it is not until we emerge from it that we realise how dark and cold it really was. We may find ourselves lost in that labyrinth again but at least, when we do, we will know how desirable the light and warmth of the outside is. And this memory will drive us to seek God again and to heed his voice. Once you have felt the warmth and lived in the clarity of the light of God you will never be the same. You may stumble back into darkness, but you will know the difference and will long for what you had before.
Ask God to lead you more and more into his light.
Read Proverbs 3
