Follow Wisdom

In the world we live, every philosophy teaches us to follow our parents and teachers. In south India there is a saying to follow and consider the hierarchy - Mother, Father, Teacher and God. Unfortunately in this same place we can hear Breaking News about how the little children are being trashed by their own mothers.

The creator of mankind knew all about these and so he is comforting everyone that even though your parents forsake you, God will never. [Psalms 27: 10]

In the book of 1 Kings we can find the kings of Israel and Judah after it became two nations. The Kings who came after Solomon were against God and they sinned and pushed the entire nation against God’s anger. In 1 Kings 15, we see Abijah becoming the King of Judah and following his father’s footsteps of committing sins. So Abijah just followed the world’s philosophy of following his parents.

But in 1 Kings 15: 9, we see Abijah’s son Asa becoming the next king and he was totally opposite to his father. 1 Kings 15: 11 tell us that Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That means he did not do anything good in the eyes of his parents. He followed the wisdom given by The Lord.

Proverbs 1 takes about wisdom. At the same time in Proverbs 1: 8, it tells to listen to your father’s instruction. But in the underlying verses we see the writer asks us to follow wisdom. So here we understand it is the responsibility of the parents to be wise in God for their children to listen. Otherwise you will have a life like in 1 Kings 15 - Abijah listened to his father and lived against God.

To live a life of wisdom, it is good to read Proverbs and meditate upon it. May the Lord help you, guide you and lead you to read the book of proverbs and follow wisdom to lead a life pleasing to The Lord and be a role model.