Proverbs 2:11

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about wisdom protecting us:

Proverbs 2:11 (ESV)

discretion will watch over you,

understanding will guard you,

In Proverbs 30:8 the writer prays that he will be protected from deception and the false tongue.  In the above proverb we have the way that protection comes: From a relationship with wisdom. Having faith in God and fearing Him in respect and awe, based upon faith, produces wisdom in our lives. In turn, that wisdom will enable us to have discretion and understanding and guard us and watch over us, thus protecting us from deception and the false tongue.   Wisdom does more than provide advice in the back of our mind as we maneuver through life.   It also provides us with protection from the dangers of life and watches over us.  Wisdom is not passive and only active when we call for it.  No, it is active and watching over us.   Wisdom is Christ.  He is, through faith, protecting us from the dangers of life.   When we commit to a life of Wisdom in Christ and submit to that end we can be assured that God will guard us and watch over us.   Rejoice in the discretion and understanding that God gives us.