How may I win God’s favor? Find wisdom.

“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD” (Proverbs 8:35).

Is there anything that would cause me to turn from wisdom’s reproof?

When I am on the wrong track, wisdom will call after me to turn back toward her. Why would I ever choose not to respond correctly to that?

Stubbornness. Dullness of hearing. Rebellion. Carelessness. Those four are bad enough; there surely are other reasons. Here’s one more than really pricks my sensibilities: the messenger.

Yeah, the messenger. If I don’t like the one bearing the message of reproof, or if I don’t like his attitude or his hypocrisy, I too easily reject wisdom’s message. (But I don’t think of it that way, of course. Just like the picture below demonstrates!)

from Proverbs 8:33

Note: The above two paragraphs are the closing ones of something a little more extensive I wrote this morning: Profiting from Instruction.