What The Wise Know About Rest

Proverbs 3:21-26

Introduction

One repeated theme in Proverbs is that wisdom, a word mentioned almost 50 times in the book, essentially means to trust God. Wisdom means to trust God and His ways. Solomon consistently writes that trusting God is the antidote to worry because trusting Him will keep us from taking matters into our own hands. Trust is about turning to God’s way in life. The problem is the human inclination to trust themselves above all others, including God. This being the danger, we can see why Solomon goes to such great lengths to tell us that wisdom is worth more than silver, gold, jewels, or anything else we might imagine because if we trust God, life makes sense.

The problem is us. As one old hymn declares, "I'm prone to wander." We despise the ordinary. You and I live in a day and age where if it's not extraordinary, big, loud, fast, and famous, it's discarded. But so much of what God is going to accomplish in your life will take place quietly over a long period of time. We should neve…