Hungering after Wisdom and Understanding!

Meditation on Proverbs 2:1-6 “1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with

thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou 

criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and 

searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the 

knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and 

understanding.”

O precious Father in Heaven, How precious are Your words and Your commandments. They are very pure,
and are more necessary for us than our daily bread. But we confess, O Father, that we do not hunger 

and thirst after them the way we should. We do not pant after them as the deer pants after the waterbrooks.

We desperately need to be taught of You, O Father, for we naturally incline our ears to the folly of the world

and do not seek the understanding of wisdom Teach us to cry after knowledge; to lift up our voices for 

understanding. That we might cry out from the depths of our souls, “Teach us wisdom, O Father. Open our 

ears to understanding. Give us teachable hearts and minds that we might humble ourselves before Thee, O 

God.”

Oh, that we may be as greedy for wisdom and knowledge as the carnal man is for silver and gold. Men sail 

the seas, explore the mountains seeking for silver and gold that they may be counted great in the earth, but 

Your children are often indifferent to the treasures that are to be found only in Your words.

Ah, that You would teach us the fear of the Lord and the knowledge of God, for this is eternal life, as said 

Your Only Begotten Son. Only from Your mouth comes knowledge and understanding. We do not live by 

bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

How ignorant and destitute are so many of those who name Your Name, for they do not hear Your word 

nor are taught by Your Spirit. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, and renew Your church in wisdom and 

knowledge, lest the curse smite the earth and all that is therein.

In the Name of Our Redeemer, Jesus of Nazareth.  Amen.