Walk with the Wise

DAY 13- Proverbs 13

Now that I am a little more than one-third of the way through this challenge, I'm going to reflect for a moment. I referred to this challenge as a journey to find wisdom. Glamorous sounding, but more simply put, I am trying to learn to be more wise and less stupid. This second week has actually been harder than the first. I've made fewer "new discoveries" and am wondering if I've really grown much this week.

This seems like a good time to remind myself that the ONLY real goal that I set for myself was to consistently get up one hour early every day for 30 days so I could be "available" for the Lord. How He wants to teach and change me is up to Him. So, I'm going to keep showing up each day.

Chapters like Proverbs 13 do in fact teach me how to become more wise. It contains 25 verses, or "morsels", of wisdomly goodness. Verse 20 says, "He who walks with the wise grows more wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." Everyone knows that if you want to become a better tennis player, you should only play against players who are better than yourself. Guess this is a similar principle. If I hang out with people who are less wise than me, they are going to bring me down to their level. But if I choose to surround myself with people who are more wise than me, they are likely to bring me up (make me more wise).

Verse 14 sums it up nicely. "The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so no more drinking from death-tainted wells!" (The Message)