Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.
It is tough when you can't reach something. There it is, right in front you, but you can't reach it. We once averted a major issue on our boat. We had a small on-going leak from the fresh water inlet and it finally proved to much to tolerate - it sprang free. We couldn't find it but, thankfully, it wasn't too much for our four bilge pumps. That is, until two of the bilge pumps decided to break at the exact same time (how does that happen?). Obviously the bilge pumps became priority for us. We could turn off the shore water but what if we had a leak from the lake? One bilge was right there. Easy to see, easy to fix. The other ... not so much. You could see it but you couldn't touch it. Just out of reach. We would have to get longer arms, or climb into a small hole with both body and limb and hope that once there you had the right tools and right parts. Thankfully my boat mechanic has done this before. He asked, "Why not move the bilge so we can work on it and fix it when we need to?" That was it. But, until we moved it there was not much hope. That is what wisdom is to us. We can see it (Proverbs 8 & 9) but we can't touch it until God moves it to our reach (James 2). God will move wisdom into our reach by placing Christ into our hearts. Once we have Christ in our hearts we have God's wisdom within reach and should be willing to speak up when in places that matter. The fool, on the other hand, does not have wisdom. When he is at the city gate (the place in those days where thought was exchanged), the fool has nothing worthy to say. Wisdom is out of the reach of a fool. Remember, a fool is a person who rejects God. If you reject God, His wisdom is out of your reach. If wisdom is out of your reach you are the fool at the city gates. Believe in God and He will move wisdom and pump it into your heart and mind.
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