Thurs.’s Devo - Sound Wisdom

Read: Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18, 2 Co. 7:8-16, Ps. 48:1-14, Pr. 22:17-19 Today I would describe Ecclesiastes as sobering and sound wisdom. It is wise to consider death and the importance of life. In chapter 7, verse 17, Solomon concludes that wickedness and foolishness makes you die before your time. Think of all the teens who have gotten drunk and died in car wrecks. It is possible to die before your time. I think it is interesting that Solomon seems to have met many evil women which would make sense since he had 600 wives. Many of them were from heathen nations that he married as a peace agreement. He describes this woman as having a heart that is snares and nets and hands that are bands. She sounds like a very needy woman who entices men through seduction and her own insecurity. Ecclesiastes is good to read if it brings us to godly sorrow for how flippantly we might live our lives. Paul is saying the same thing. He is defending a hard letter he wrote to the Corinthians saying that if his letter produced repentance then it was worth hurting their feelings. Solomon and Paul are both defending the truth. Proverbs confirms that. It tells us to listen to the wise and desire truth. If we do then the things we say will be wise also. Lord, we desire Your wisdom. Let us be quick to hear and quick to understand.