Proverbs 1:27
|
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
|
Fear ... destruction ... distress ... anguish! These are four terrible things! They can tear your soul apart and rip up your heart! They are enough to torture your spirit! They search you out in any place and torment you even in your bed! Terror, desolation, grief, and despair are horrible punishments! God sends them on those rejecting His wisdom!
The blessed God offers wisdom from heaven for your success and happiness (1:20-23,33; 3:13-18; 8:1-21). Getting wisdom, to obtain these incredible benefits, should be the most important goal in your life (4:5-9; 18:1; 16:16). But if you neglect His gracious offer, He will tear you to pieces, and nothing will be able to save you (1:24-32; Ps 50:22).
This proverb is part of Solomon's first personification of wisdom (1:20-33). Lady Wisdom offers wisdom to foolish men (1:20-23,33), but she is ferociously vengeful to any that despise her offer (1:24-32). She promises to laugh at your calamities and mock when you are terrified with fear, because you would not respond to her generous offer.
What is wisdom? The power of right judgment! Wisdom knows the truth in any matter and perfect conduct in any situation. It clearly grasps and does those things that please God and men. Jehovah offers wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and discretion through the natural creation and the Bible (Ps 19:1-11; 119:128; Is 8:20; II Tim 3:16-17).
There is no excuse for men rejecting God's truth and wisdom (Rom 1:18-20). Because they do not glorify God or give thanks, He darkens their hearts (Rom 1:21). Because they assume they are wise and honor the creature above the Creator, He gives them reprobate minds to shame each other with abominable sexual perversions (Rom 1:22-32).
God does not have to hear or answer your prayers. He will not hear or answer those who reject the preaching of His word (28:9; Ps 66:18). When fear ravages your soul into desolation, when destruction comes like a tornado, and when distress and anguish torture your spirit, He will laugh at your calamities. Because you scoffed at wisdom when it was offered, He will send the angel of the Lord to chase and persecute you (Ps 35:5-6).
When the true gospel is offered, you should sell all you have to buy it (23:23; Matt 13:44-46). The Jews made light of Jesus Christ's kingdom and persecuted His apostles, but this glorious King destroyed those murderers and burned up their city by the Roman armies in 70 AD (Matt 22:1-7). Reader! It is much better to break yourself in repentance by falling on Him than to have Him fall on you and grind you to powder (Matt 21:44)!
www.letgodbetrue.com
