Proverbs 9:3

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 and folly’s ambassadors. 

Proverbs 9:3 (ESV)

She has sent out her young women to call

from the highest places in the town,

Wisdom, in chapter nine, is calling out to those who are passing by to entice them to turn into her and drink of her benefits.   Solomon has spent the last eight chapters drawing a graphic and memorable difference between wisdom and folly.   In the above proverb we see that Wisdom has employed her own networking systems to make sure those walking by her, hear her.  Her "maidens" are those who she has commissioned with her message.   They call out from the highest and most prestiges places of the city.   Make no mistake that God has sent out many ambassadors to call out His Wisdom (Christ) to others.  In the days of the flood it was Noah.  In Pharaoh's day it was first Joseph; and then Moses.   In Nebuchadnezzar's day it was Daniel.   In Herod's day it was John the Baptist.  In Caesar's day it was Paul.   In the Pharisee's day it was Christ, Himself.   God sends fourth His messengers.   The question is whether we listen to them or not.  Nebuchadnezzar listened to Daniel.  Herod killed John the Baptist.    People ignored Noah and died in the flood - who was a picture of Jesus, who they ignored and crucified on the tree.   Even though God has sent out "maidens" to carry the message, many simply ignore them.  The refuse to listen despite the fact the maidens are at the heights of the city.   It doesn't matter how high, how loud, how right, or how compelling the messenger, if people don't want to believe by faith in Wisdom, they will reject her message.  Yet, even today God continues to send people into our lives to warn us and call to us on His behalf.