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Read Proverbs Chapter 2.
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\u201cFor the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.\u201d Proverbs 2:6 CSB
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It\u2019s interesting when I looked up the word \u201cmouth\u201d in Hebrew. It comes from the word \u201cpeh\u201d meaning to puff, i.e. blow away. The image that comes to mind is someone blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. It\u2019s seems an odd meaning for mouth in this phrase.
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Or is it?
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God so readily wants to impart wisdom to us, it is like a kid blowing out candles on his birthday cake. He can\u2019t wait to blow them out. His cheeks are all puffed up with air, there\u2019s a hushed excitement all around. Finally someone yells, \u201cJust do it!\u201d. Then \u201cGush!\u201d He lets it all go. God so desperately wants to share with us, but are we willing to listening? Are we noticing what He is trying to say to us?
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I have to be honest. I\u2019m not a good listener. God pretty much has to hit me over the head with a brick for me to get it. Just yesterday, as I was thinking back over my life, I realized how much God had been trying to guide and direct me. I also realized how good I was at not listening. Knowing exactly what I should do, and doing the opposite. Knowing exactly what God wanted me to do, and doing the opposite. I\u2019m a little bit better now then I was then, but I still have a long way to go.
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God is waiting to give His wisdom to all of us. We just have to listen to what He\u2019s saying. We have to listen to what He\u2019s saying through His word. Through the circumstances we find ourselves in. Through the people we surround ourselves with. Through prayer and supplication. We have to listen. If something keeps coming up, over and over again, it might just be God. You may want to stop and listen. It usually takes about three times before I start to get the message.
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Here\u2019s an example. Week after week I sit in WW. I listen to my leader talk about tracking, for years, literally. But I don\u2019t track everything I eat. Friends have joined me at WW. They track, and are losing. I don\u2019t track, I\u2019m not losing. Finally, just two weeks ago, the leader shared a story of woman who had -286 points but had tracked everything. He or She was that honest with themselves. Finally, I got the message and started to track. It\u2019s amazing, I\u2019ve started to lose weight again.
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How does that relate to God and wisdom. I\u2019ve been praying and praying to lose weight. God has been trying to tell me exactly what I need to do. I just haven\u2019t been listening. I definitely haven\u2019t been obeying. We need to listen to receive God’s wisdom.
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