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Pray the Word with David Platt

#774 – The Reward of Wisdom (Proverbs 2:3–5)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Bible Study, Spirituality, Devotional, Bible, Christianity, Prayer, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, John Piper, Pray, Louie Giglio, Baptist, Radical

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🗓️ 22 September 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Lord help us to boast only in knowing You. We trust that knowing You is the reward of wisdom.

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Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

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Proverbs chapter 2 verses 3 through 5.

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Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like

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silver and search for it as for hidden treasures.

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Then you will understand the fear of the Lord

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and find the knowledge of God.

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What a picture of the pursuit of wisdom and the reward of wisdom.

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So what is the reward of wisdom?

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Very end of this passage. you will understand the fear of the

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Lord, you will find the knowledge of God. This is what we need most in our lives.

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What you need most in your life today,

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what I need most of my life today

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is the knowledge of God.

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Think Jeremiah chapter 9.

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Thus says the Lord, let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the

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rich man boast in his riches, let not the mighty man boast in his might, but let him who

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boast in this, that he understands and knows me that I and the Lord who executes

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steadfast love justice and righteousness in the earth for in these things I

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delight declares the Lord let your boast today be that you know God.

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Like that's what's most important.

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That's gonna affect every facet of our lives,

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the knowledge of God.

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