I have my problems. One of them is anger when I see a fool in action.”
–D.C. Adkisson (Redemption)
“Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.”
–Amos 6:7 (NIV)
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Which way are you headed? As Bob Beasley puts it, “Some people are heading toward the feast of wisdom and some are heading toward the feast of folly.” Proverbs 9 completes the introduction to the Book of Proverbs. Enter now, the Feast of Wisdom.
1 — Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 — She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine, she has also furnished her table.
3 — She has sent out her maidens, she cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 — Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, she says, to him,
5 — Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 — Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding. (NKJV)
It reminds me of the tale where Jesus spoke of a feast that is prepared for those who would not enter. The master of the household told his servants to go out to gather those who would come to the feast.
Which road? The dilemma of life. Each road has implications, each has profound effects, each has a different destination. All roads do not lead to the same destination. Wisdom builds, while Folly talks. Mike Leake writes, “Smooth talkers and charismatic personalities may attract our attention, but the path of wisdom is walked by those who are quietly plodding and diligently building.” There is time for all to look at the two roads and decide. Moses had that difficult decision, “By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” (Hebrews 11:24-26, NKJV)
Who would decline an invitation to the grand feast? The fool. Why would they even consider not coming? Because of their folly, their love of pleasure. Their eyes are blinded, or they are in rebellion (scorner). We read in Matthew 22 that the servant goes out searching and giving out invitations. There is a great feast coming and not everyone will be attending. Now, all are invited, the great sacrifice has been made, and the invitations passed out to whosoever will. Now is the day of acceptance for when the day of the feast comes not all will be allowed to enter into that great banquet hall.
One other thought, know this, that the building of anything implies the expenditure of time and labor (Flores). We don’t think of the cost, the effort, and the time that it took to prepare for the feast. Look at the Old Testament–the whole of the Old Testament was part of the building process to allow the incarnation of Jesus. “Forsake foolishness and live…”
“Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.”
–Amos 6:7 (NIV)
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Which way are you headed? As Bob Beasley puts it, “Some people are heading toward the feast of wisdom and some are heading toward the feast of folly.” Proverbs 9 completes the introduction to the Book of Proverbs. Enter now, the Feast of Wisdom.
1 — Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 — She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine, she has also furnished her table.
3 — She has sent out her maidens, she cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 — Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, she says, to him,
5 — Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 — Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding. (NKJV)
It reminds me of the tale where Jesus spoke of a feast that is prepared for those who would not enter. The master of the household told his servants to go out to gather those who would come to the feast.
Which road? The dilemma of life. Each road has implications, each has profound effects, each has a different destination. All roads do not lead to the same destination. Wisdom builds, while Folly talks. Mike Leake writes, “Smooth talkers and charismatic personalities may attract our attention, but the path of wisdom is walked by those who are quietly plodding and diligently building.” There is time for all to look at the two roads and decide. Moses had that difficult decision, “By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” (Hebrews 11:24-26, NKJV)
Who would decline an invitation to the grand feast? The fool. Why would they even consider not coming? Because of their folly, their love of pleasure. Their eyes are blinded, or they are in rebellion (scorner). We read in Matthew 22 that the servant goes out searching and giving out invitations. There is a great feast coming and not everyone will be attending. Now, all are invited, the great sacrifice has been made, and the invitations passed out to whosoever will. Now is the day of acceptance for when the day of the feast comes not all will be allowed to enter into that great banquet hall.
One other thought, know this, that the building of anything implies the expenditure of time and labor (Flores). We don’t think of the cost, the effort, and the time that it took to prepare for the feast. Look at the Old Testament–the whole of the Old Testament was part of the building process to allow the incarnation of Jesus. “Forsake foolishness and live…”