“Wisdom! Our Sister” (A Prayer of Hope)

The poem “Wisdom! Our Sister” is written with words acknowledged in the Book of Proverbs that informs all who believe in God to call Wisdom, Sister. But who is Wisdom that she should be called Sister? The Bible informs that Wisdom is the principal thing. Therefore, Wisdom is an integral or fundamental part of God that cries out to the children of men to reprove them of opposing ways and direct them to walk in life on paths of God’s righteousness (Proverbs 1:20-23; 8:1-8). Wisdom is crying out! She is seeking to gain the attention of God’s human creation to fill them with knowledge of Him to enlighten their minds with His Wisdom.

God is extending His Wisdom, but when His Wisdom is taken for granted, ignored, or forsaken dire consequences follow. Wisdom warns if she is not heeded, then she will laugh at the calamity that will occur (Proverbs 1:28-29). When considering the disastrous situation that happened when Adam and Eve neglected an important instruction, which also warned of death, it seems imperative to be attentive to Wisdom’s cry. Adam and Eve’s lives changed drastically from living in all goodness where God supplied everything needed that sustained their bodies with instructions how to maintain their lives to be thrust into a desolate, harsh environment. Therefore, when Adam and Eve opposed God’s warning, they experienced the hardship and turmoil of laboring to supply their own needs–the dire calamity for choosing to disobey God’s instruction (Genesis 2:9, 16-17).

Walk of Life

“That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous” (Proverbs 2:20).

In various Scripture, walk is used as a metaphor to encourage and implement God’s righteous characteristics in life (Galatians 5:22, 25). Although the word walk is referenced 390 times in the King James Version, only in specific verses does it pertain to characteristics gained from God’s guidance. While the outward physical significance of walk is a regular pace moving the feet forward to carry the body to a desired place; however, the walk God instructs is an inner alignment with His ways.

As the Bible informs, Enoch walked with God so perfectly that he did not see death and was translated (Genesis 5:24, Hebrews 11:5). Noah walked with God and was considered perfect in his generation. Because Noah’s generation was horribly evil/wicked, they grieved God to repent that He had created humans. Therefore, Noah’s perfection was his adherence to God’s instructions, which also assisted in the continuation of human existence in the Earth (Genesis 6:9, 22). Abram was instructed to walk before God and be perfect. God changed Abram’s name that meant ‘exalted father,’ even though he and his wife did not have children. God gave Abram the name Abraham, which means ‘father of many or father of nations’ and promised him a child in his old age (Genesis 17:1-5, 15-16).

In additionally, a just person walks in integrity, and the children of the just are blessed (Proverbs 20:7).

Spiritual Walk

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16).

Wisdom from God is calling all who believe to live life spiritually in characteristics instructed from God and to forsake the foolish way that leads to destruction. The spiritual walk is a process of learning and growing accordingly as God’s Word informs through faith in Jesus Christ with guidance from God’s Holy Spirit confirming the righteous walk. “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25).

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

Worshipping God in spirit and in truth is adherence to His instructions. Therefore, “Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge” (Proverbs 23:12).

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, for the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16).

God is a Spirit, and His Walk for human life is spiritual (John 4:24; 1 John 4:6).

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