Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the

Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus.

What's up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of a year in the Bible

podcast with the Daily Grace Company. My name is Kyra and I am a writer on staff. I'm so happy to be here with you today.

We're going to start the next book of the Bible, which is Proverbs.

Now Proverbs is a collection of brief sayings that convey wisdom.

Wisdom is the ability to apply God's truth to life. It is navigating life in recognition and submission to the Lord.

Though it gives situational advice to shape our actions for right living,

proverbs should not be read as to shape our actions for right living.

Proverbs should not be read as legalistic principles,

but in life of the revelation of Christ

and the fullness of wisdom found therein.

Let's get started with Proverbs chapter 1 through 3.

Proverbs begins with stating that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is not to be terrified of God, rather it is to develop a reverence and submission to his lordship. The God of the universe is omniscient, meaning that he is all wise and all knowing.

We cannot gain true wisdom outside of him.

Fearing the Lord means going to him for understanding and seeing him as the basis of true knowledge.

The possession of wisdom is founded upon a fear of God, or in other words, a trust in his goodness and authority.

The next section of today's Proverbs reading advises the reader to listen to

write authority. The author addresses the reader as my son and scripture urges him to listen to God. The son should avoid making the wicked

his authority. He should run away from their words for they only lead to ruin and violence. And instead, he should run to wisdom. In Proverbs, wisdom is personified. Now this means that wisdom takes on human characteristics.

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