What to seek, what to avoid

“Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.”
-Proverbs 4:5

Get laid; get high. Get a cool car with racing stripes. Get a hot girlfriend. Get a wicked sound system. Get a great job and make tons of money. Get ahead; get up the corporate ladder. Get respect; get a gun. Get power; get out the vote. Get a shrink; get some help.

Get married; get divorced. Get some action on the side. Get a bigger TV. Get a drink. Get a new wardrobe; get some new décor; get a face lift. Get a new job with more money. Get stock options. Get a new haircut; get a new life. Get some new friends. Get out more.

Get involved. Get productive. Get some love. Get real.

The world is full of advice of what to get. Sometimes, there are so many voices in a day, you get turned around. You get lost in the crowd. You don’t know where to turn.

This verse is a call to remember something much greater. It is a call to seek out the ways of God, to understand His ways and to make them our ways. To look out for those things that will not fade away and turn to dust. This verse is a call to push away that other stuff and make sure you are focused on what is important.

Do not forget. Do not forget the wisdom found in the Bible. No matter what else you are seeking in this world, it is fleeting. No matter if it is the most noble thing out there, it will only last a little time, and it will be gone. All other pursuits will perish, except this one. Except this one.

The reason this one will not perish is because this is the way to life. Do not forget, because everything that happens to you after the grave is going to depend on this one. On this one right here.

We are not worthy of life. You may think you are, but you’re not, just like I’m not. We have spent too much time pursuing our own goals, our own lusts, our own pride, our own ambition, our own selfishness, our own anger, and our own hatred. Nothing we can do will make up for that. We are desperately fallen, and we are not good enough for eternal life.

But Jesus came to earth to die on the Cross to take the punishment for our sins. He took the price we could not pay upon Himself and died. And then He rose again to prepare a place for us. If we repent and believe in Him, we will have life eternal. Repent, and believe.

Do not forget. Seek this one out. Get wisdom; get insight. Read the Bible, and keep reading it. Start praying and keep praying. I don’t care what else is going on, what else you need to “get,” because this is the issue that will outlive all others.