“I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street…Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Come with me, oh come, have dinner with me! I’ve prepared a wonderful spread – fresh-baked bread, roast lamb, carefully selected wines. Leave your impoverished confusion and live! Walk up the street to a life with meaning.” Proverbs 8:11,9:3-4, Message Translation
Do you ever have days when you feel as if you are losing your sanity? There are times when confusion and worry fill my mind and when this happens, I literally turn into a different person! While I am usually a person of peace and joy, those precious gifts are nowhere to be found. I have learned that when I am in this state, I need to sit down and have “dinner” with God! The truth is that according to Proverbs 8, Lady Wisdom is calling to us everyday. The Wisdom of God will show us how to live well and enjoy life. The problem is that there are other voices calling us as well: The voices of the world, opinions of man, fear, temptation, greed and the list goes on and on.
My question for you today is: whom are you dining with tonight? Let’s choose Lady Wisdom as our dinner host and enjoy a wonderful meal. If you choose to dine and fellowship with the other voices listed above – you will surely be eating worms! It is our choice to which dinner invitation we reply a “yes.” I don’t know about you, but fresh-baked bread and roast of lamb sound good to me. Will you join Lady Wisdom and I for dinner tonight? I promise you will leave her table feeling of satisfied. And remember that Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street – who knows maybe we can join them for dessert (I’m sure they will be serving chocolate:)!
Prayer:
“Lord, I seek You for Wisdom this day. I give you all the concerns heavy on my heart. I ask that you take away the plate of confusion and worry from my life and replace it with heaping portions of Your Wisdom and Peace. Thank you for inviting me to eat “dinner” with You. I answer, “yes” to your invitation. I know that everything I need will be discussed and that your guidance will be given as we dine together tonight.” Amen.
You know, Trac, I looked at sweet Alyssa eating her meal and something occurred to me….Alyssa’s food is broken into small pieces so that she won’t choke on it. Isn’t it also like that when we dine with God? When we choose to sit down to a meal with Him, He breaks it up into small pieces so that we can enjoy the meal, without the fear of choking! What an awesome God He is!
Much love,
Brigette
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I love this translation, I read things totally differently.
I was gone on a girl’s trip this weekend, and while it was wonderful, relaxing, had a great time, I had little time to “Dine” with God. Today my sister and I were discussing how yucky we feel, we ate bad, haven’t exercised in a few days, and then suddenly it dawned on us that we have also not had quiet time in all the busyness of the weekend. It is amazing when you get in the habit, how much you miss it when it is gone. I had to apologize to Him today for not giving Him my attention. Then had to ask him to renew my supernatural self-control!
Tonight I will Dine once again with all these beautiful ladies.
Thanks for the word!
I really like this message. It reminds me of the scripture where Jesus says to Martha, “Only one thing is needful…and Mary has chosen the good portion (or the BEST part)!” She chose to sit at the feet of Jesus and take in His words, instead of becoming anxious or caught up in the distractions around her. This is the cry of my heart too, especially when life gets busy. Nothing else really matters but Him. I love how all else begins to fade when we spend time in His presence. Such a great reminder to us all not to lose sight of what and WHO is important! Thanks Tracy.