Ask For Wisdom

​James 1​

​We are walking in today:  

Ask For Wisdom

Teaching from the book:  Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament: A guide to the church, by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.​ 

James 1 in its entirety focal verse 5

James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Proverbs genre are no different from the narratives breakdown. We've discussed in the previous passages. Short in the sentence but powerful experiences. One can take experience and apply it's meaning To a prevalent situation that has the same wisdom of value. Mostly neglected in sermon construction. Due to its misunderstood passages. That are to the naked eye or untrained eye. Sporadic and has no particular order of unity or structure. Yet the passages are filled with loads of wisdom relevant for our situations in this time. Moral and ethical, dishonesty, divorce and drug abuse I guarantee we can find a proverb to apply for these life situations. That may occur because he not only has knowledge spiritually of the situation. But the physical function of deductive reasoning and cognitive exertion.

Proverbs can be looked at as the dictionary of the laws in the Tanakh. It holds application, an exclamation as to a decision to follow Yahweh. If applied properly will prosper you mentally and physically.

They can be looked at as equational. ​
Proverbs 20:13 If you love sleep, you will become poor;keep your eyes open, and you’ll have plenty of food.
Plain and simple you love to sleep you don't eat. No work due to sleeping all the time.

Or Proverbs can be read as oppositional from and to it's passages.
Proverbs 15:16 Better little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth coupled with worry.

Hence little with fear and wealth with worry..
Taking care as well as noticing the sentence delivery. Proverbs tends to be metaphorical, metonymy, and simile.

Simile in P​roverbs has words that contain interest using words such as like, as and thus to bring motion to the narrative.
Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in the snout of a pig is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.

Metaphorical use in the Proverbs--implied or unexpressed comparisons. Simply something explaining something indirectly yet t​he meaning does not change.

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Genesis 49:9 Y’hudah is a lion’s cub; my son, you stand over the prey. He crouches down and stretches like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to provoke him?

Metonymy in proverbial narratives, i​ncorporate changes of names or situations in order to give force of the impression not otherwise attainable.

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Proverbs 25:19 Relying on an untrustworthy person in a time of trouble is like relying on a broken tooth or an unsteady leg.

So even down to the understanding of the books of wise sayings--w​e find the approach once again has to be done from a vigilant viewpoint. ​This is how we are to interpert the passages and narratives. The book of Proverbs and it's many short, seemingly ​choppy narratives​, now h​old even more wisdom and insight. As to how do I apply the laws of Moses? What are the benefits of observing as such? To hear this teaching again click here.​