Wisdom Calling

Proverbs 1:20-22

20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Wisdom is proactive. It seeks us out. It pursues us. It follows us around. It gets out in the midst of life with us and says, "Look at me! Here I am! Open your eyes!"

It is called "she," and her voice is everywhere. Not to hear her is to ignore her. She wants to be known because she comes directly from the heart of God and it is the heart of God to be known an wisdom is a gift to us from God to teach us how to live.

21 - She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 - How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

When we do hear wisdom's call, the words are not always complimentary, but they are unavoidable. She calls us to task for our willful ignorance and puts us on notice that we have chosen "simplicity" over her.

This is not the kind of simplicity that is the emptying of unnecessary frills in our lives. This is just an old way of saying "stupidity." And we choose it, she cries.

How long?

That implies that we can stop any time. We can stop scorning and we can turn from our hatred of knowledge.