What are your pursuits in life? People pursue education, honor, money, wealth, family, popularity, and fame. These things have some merit. But they cannot be the true purpose of our lives. Those who pursue righteousness and love can find true life, prosperity, and honor (21).

The best pursuit is to seek God's wisdom for our lives. Wisdom enables one to pull down the strongholds of wickedness (22). Wisdom helps us to choose our words carefully (23). There is no human wisdom or way that can succeed against God (20). The wise trust in God and experience victory in the Lord (21).

On the other hand, those who reject wisdom follow wickedness. And, whatever they do, the wicked are foiled. Also, the wicked are full of folly and fury (24). The wicked are lazy and bear its bad fruits (25-26). The wicked are detestable in all their ways and their sacrifices are detestable. They are deceitful and full of pretense. But the wise listen carefully, give thought to their ways, and the Lord helps them (31). Let's repent our wicked ways and seek God's wisdom and experience his victory.


Application: Father, thank you for giving me victory when I seek your wisdom. Protect me from following wicked and foolish ways.
One Word: Seek God's wisdom and experience his victory