Proverbs 2:22

The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about the plight of those who reject God’s wisdom:

Proverbs 2:22 (ESV)

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

This is the warning of Proverbs.   Those who do not seek wisdom and do not follow hard after her once they find her will be "cut off" from the land and will be "uprooted" from it.  What does that all mean?  In our world, society, this wisdom of Solomon simply seems to lose it's meaning.   But, look closely at the thought the King of Wisdom is given us: Failure to seek wisdom (the verses preceding this verse ... 2:1-21) will result in loss.  We understand loss in our society.  That may be the one thing we know most of.  But, it doesn't have to be that way.  As we pursue wisdom God will assure us against loss.  That doesn't mean we will not see death, damages or a derailing or two in our lives.  What it means is that if we are holding to wisdom (which is Christ incarnate ... 1 Corinthians 1) we will not really lose anything.   Those who reject Christ (Wisdom) will suffer loss since all they have is what they currently possess.  However, as we pursue wisdom we will not suffer that kind of lose.   For we hold to something eternal and something spiritual.   What Solomon is talking about specifically is that those who reject truth and the wisdom in it will not attain to the promise land God had promised the Israelites.   We must realize that choosing wisdom brings "eternal" blessings, but forsaking wisdom produces wickedness which means we will suffer loss through being "cut off" and being "uprooted."