"Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God." Proverbs 2:2-5
How do you take this particular passage and apply it to your life? What exactly does Solomon mean when he says, "Tune your ears to wisdom?"
Could it be he is saying tune your ears to the Word and voice of God by removing any and all noise that is drowning out His voice? Then once they are in tune with Him, listen as He speaks.
Then after you have tuned your ears to His voice alone, concentrate solely on understanding what Wisdom (Jesus) is saying. In other words focus on every word Wisdom speaks.
To make sure you get the importance of all this, Solomon goes on to say. Cry out for insight, like a baby cries out for milk. Then ask for understanding, because you can't fully understand on your own. You have to have the help of the Holy Spirit.
Solomon then goes on to say, if you are really serious, which you should be, then you need to go beyond the tuning in and the asking. You need to search for insight and understanding like you would silver, actually seek for them like you would for a lost treasure.
Because once you find that treasure, that rare and precious treasure, and you open it up, you will then gain understanding of what it means to fear the Lord. Plus you will gain a deeper knowledge of God. That type of treasure is priceless.
And I want it. I want to grab my shovel and the map of God's Word and search for more and more of His hidden treasure every day.
It's time to get digging; there is a lot of buried treasure waiting to be claimed.
Jesus thank You for giving us every tool we need to search and find the treasures that lie in Your Word. No matter how deep the treasure lies, we will dig and dig, because we know once it is found a new discovery of You is made. Amen
