Proverbs 1:1-7

“A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel.” (Proverbs 1:5, NKJV)

Solomon was the wisest person who ever lived. But how did he get that way? When God told him to ask for whatever he wanted, Solomon asked for wisdom and understanding. He sought it out. Then he wrote 3,000 proverbs. His purpose was to give instruction in the practical and the spiritual matters of life. Like a good father with his children, Solomon wanted to pass down the things he had learned to future generations.

Yesterday our teaching team completed our four-day conference in Uganda. Now another team has arrived to teach for another four days. We will travel north to South Sudan to teach four days there. The Africans who have come will be here a total of eight days from 8:30 in the morning until 6:30 at night with only a 2-hour lunch break. They are so eager to learn!

I am humbled and challenged by their hunger for God’s Word. They desire to sit at the feet of other pastors who have taught through the Bible and served their respective churches for many years. I have also been greatly blessed to learn from other Calvary Chapel pastors. The only way to grow in wisdom and knowledge is to never stop learning!

As we begin the book of Proverbs, let us ask the Holy Spirit to increase our wisdom and understanding and teach us new things that we need to know.