There are two types of people in this world. Those who know and those who don't. Know what, you ask? Anything and everything. About cars, about cooking, about rearing children but most importantly about their eternal salvation and the walk they have with the Lord on this side of heaven.
"A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands." Proverbs 14:6, Amplified
Webster's Dictionary defines scoff as "showing derision or mockery." If one seeks true wisdom and shows signs of derision and mockery, of course that wisdom will elude them. The godly wisdom being spoken of in this verse is a teaching wisdom, a correcting wisdom. One must want to change and be taught if he desires to find the wisdom of God.
"Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge in his lips." Proverbs 14:7, Amplified
This is one of those "pearl before swine" instances. We must ever be making judgement calls to decide with whom we should affiliate ourselves. I am not speaking of judging people and condemning them, that is for the Lord to do. We as good soldiers for the Lord must know and understand what banner another is fighting under.
"The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of [self-confident] fools is to deceive." Proverbs 14:8, Amplified
Understanding comes from questions. I have heard the expression "blind faith" and I am not too keen on it. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) Yes, it is the substance of things hoped for. Hope is something that is not seen. When hope is in the heart it is actually an unfulfilled desire. But what most people overlook in that verse is the "evidence" of things not seen. How is a criminal convicted? Evidence. The questions that I referred to at the beginning of this chapter is the question of our own walk and our own faith. I feel the Lord wants us to question our faith. Not that we should question if He is real, or am I really saved. Rather, the healthier questions. Questions whose answers will solidify our existing faith and make it stronger.
Think of it like this. When a contractor is building a structure, he knows that he is doing everything right. But he must still call in a building inspector to question the integrity of the structure. The purpose of the inspector is to find fault. Without the inspector coming into the structure and questioning its integrity, how then can the contractor fix any fault that he may have overlooked? Seek. Question. Listen. It is the same in our own walk with the Lord. If we do not question, how then are we to fix our own walk and stay on the path that He has designed for us?
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