Sept 2022

“Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. Know also that wisdom is like honey for you, if you find it there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” (Proverbs 24:13-14)

Solomon is comparing honey to wisdom, honey is good on our tongue and wisdom is good for our lives. In Solomon’s day honey was the only sweetener they had so people desired it and sought it out. Solomon writes that wisdom from God is just the same, we should desire it and seek it out.

               Honey is healthy for our bodies. It contains unrefined sugars giving us the energy we need without the negative effects of our modern diets refined sugars. Wisdom is more than just education. Knowledge without humility and submission to God can be dangerous. Due to our sin nature wisdom without God can lead to corruption and self servitude. Wisdom from God, like honey, gives us knowledge without the negative side effects such as corruption.

               Honey is full of antioxidants. It fights free radicals in our bodies that make us susceptible to disease. Wisdom from God helps us fight against our sin tendency. It helps us to keep at bay those things that can make our lives and character weak. It helps protect our lives from the wrong messages the world sends us.

               Honey is a natural antibiotic. It has been used for centuries to keep wounds from being infected. In China honey is used to keep burn victims from developing infections. Wisdom acts like honey in our minds. God’s wisdom, thought of it and the practice of it in our lives, keeps us from being infected with the desires, greed and attitudes of our fallen world.

               Honey can nourish our bodies without the effects of refined sugars such as weight gain and diabetes. Honey can protect us from invading bacteria. God’s wisdom as seen in his Word nourishes our minds. It keeps us humble and centered. God’s wisdom protects us, by heeding his Word we will keep ourselves out of harmful situations. By ingesting God’s Word we will be protecting ourselves from the negativity of our fallen world. God’s wisdom keeps us from being infected with the false wisdom that we are subjected to every day.

               Commit to keeping God in your life. Seek out his wisdom for that is the way to nurture your heart and mind and to protect yourself from the sinful desires of a fallen world.

Pastor Jim