The Law in 90 Days: Genesis 47-48
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 26:7 (ESV); Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of
fools.
Solomon sure had some creativity in his literary style! Again, he compares the flaws of human
nature to the physical body, and we picture someone sitting on a chair or suspended in midair
with two legs dangling sloppily. It’s a comical picture with an applicable meaning. To have
knowledge, gain wisdom, and develop understanding; to have common sense and practicality; to
read the very word of God and hear Him speak; to have all these things and then to ignore them
and continue on your own selfish path is utterly foolish.
A foolish person will read straight through book of Proverbs and never give it a second thought.
A foolish person may study this entire month’s worth of devotionals and continue to follow the
worldly wise. A foolish person will hear a warning and, in his pride and laziness, ignore it. And
even after the fact, when the warning proved necessary and trouble came because the fool
did not heed the advice, he will shrug and repeat his folly again next time. There is no room for
wisdom in the heart of a fool.
Let us be wise men and women. Let us humbly seek our all-wise God in all things, that we may
gain the priceless wisdom of heaven.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Ask God: God, is there anything that you’ve convicted me of this month that I have not
changed, or that I have ignored? Why have I done this?
2. God, how should my life be tangibly different because of what I’ve learned this month?
3. Lord, what wisdom do you want to impart to me today?
4. Lord, what truth of Yours can I bring to others today?
