Wisdom is the principal thing therefore in all you acquire, acquire wisdom. She will give you long life, riches and honor, pleasure and peace, and respect for humans and reverence for God.
Wisdom is a tree of life to those who find and eat her fruit, and happy is the man who keeps on eating it. It is a force that fills its possessor with living energy, and are feathers in their cap and a crown of glory in their head keeping them safe from defeat and disaster and from stumbling off the trail of blessings. When wisdom becomes your guard, you can sleep without fear; you will not be afraid of disaster or the plots of wicked men.
However, the acquisition and intelligent application of wisdom requires effort, the effort which is the price of wisdom which those who must tomorrow be custodian of wisdom must fully pay. The opportunities to pay this price come to everyone through the greetings of our daily challenges of life. Every trouble or pain whether small or big is a beckon from the throne of divinity to enable humanity learn wisdom.
This chapter is loaded with wise nugget that will kill every seed of foolishness and provide you with the nourishment that wisdom alone can bring. When you allow the tenets it advocate to sink into you it will graciously transform you from a dismal failure to a successful personality that God created you for. You are destined for the top, but this cannot be achieved until you are cured of certain degree of foolishness.
Before you finish this chapter, you will receive the rare insight that only the great have in their bosom and at the willing command. This is the principle that took them from their humble position and enthrones them at their enviable position. They seek wisdom by paying the price, and they have found it, they made it their daily companion.
The reverence of the almighty God is the beginning of wisdom, and to reverence God is to humble oneself and tread the path of righteousness, justice, and equity. Whosoever, make this his lifelong cravings shall be given the crown of incorruptible wisdom.
Please, try to understand this chapter before you proceeds so that the rest chapters can make sense to you. Men live below what they are created for because they lack wisdom. I have seen many destroyed due to lack of knowledge and wisdom. And I have also seen many who through the application of wisdom transform themselves from colossal failures to persons of significance.
This is culled from my book: OCEAN OF WISDOM.
