January 2 – Wisdom’s Call in a Loud World

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 2nd.

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Wisdoms call In a loud world.
It feels like everyone has

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something to say about how you
should live.

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Social media, friends, culture,
and even your own thoughts

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compete for your attention every
single day.

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The noise can be exhausting.
In Proverbs chapter 1, verses 8

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to 33, Wisdom speaks like a
loving parent, urging us to

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listen, not to control us, but
to protect us.

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Proverbs chapter 1, verses 8 to
9 describes godly instruction as

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a graceful Garland, something
that actually adds beauty and

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value to your life.
Then Wisdom says something

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powerful in verse 23.
If you turn at my correction, I

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will pour out my spirit to you
and make my words known to you.

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God isn’t yelling over the noise
to shame you.

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He’s calling to guide you.
Correction isn’t rejection, it’s

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proof that He cares enough to
redirect you before regret sets

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in.
Psalm 2 reminds us who truly

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reigns over all the chaos.
While the world feels unstable

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and unpredictable, God remains
unshaken.

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Psalm chapter 2, verse 11 tells
us to serve the Lord with

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reverence and rejoice with
trembling.

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That combination might sound
strange, but it’s beautiful.

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It means recognizing God’s power
while resting in His goodness.

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When you know how mighty He is,
you also realize how safe you

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are when you trust Him, God’s
wisdom cuts through the noise.

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It helps you recognize which
voices lead to life and which

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ones lead to emptiness.
Following Him may not always

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make you popular, but it will
make you grounded, secure, and

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at peace.
Let’s pray, Heavenly Father, in

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a world full of voices, help me
recognize Yours.

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Give me a heart that listens and
responds to Your wisdom, even

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when it challenges me.
Teach me to trust your

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correction and rest in your
authority.

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Lead me into a life that
reflects your truth and peace in

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Jesus name, Amen.
What if the ache you feel for

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more is actually God calling you
deeper?

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This is a journey from longing

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to encounter, from dryness to
delight.

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Seek teaches you how to pursue
God with passion and

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intentionality.
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recognize and enjoy His presence
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C Opens your spiritual eyes to
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at work in your life.
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fullness, strength, and deep
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from intimacy with God.
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weary, or simply longing for

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satisfies.
Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan, Proverbs

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chapter 1, verses 8 to 33 World
English Bible.

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My son, listen to your father’s
instruction and don’t forsake

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your mother’s teaching, for they
will be a Garland to grace your

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head and chains around your
neck.

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My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t consent.

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If they say come with us.
Let’s lie and wait for blood.

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Let’s lurk secretly for the
innocent without cause.

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Let’s swallow them up alive like
she all and whole like those who

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go down into the pit.
We’ll find all valuable wealth.

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We’ll fill our houses with
plunder.

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You shall cast your lot among
us.

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We’ll all have one purse.
My son, don’t walk on the path

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with them.
Keep your foot from their path,

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For their feet run to evil.
They hurry to shed blood, for

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the net is spread in vain in the
sight of any bird.

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But these lay in wait for their
own blood.

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They lurk secretly for their own
lives.

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So are the ways of everyone who
is greedy for gain.

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It takes away the life of its
owners.

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Wisdom calls aloud in the
street.

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She utters her voice in the
public squares.

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She calls at the head of noisy
places.

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At the entrance of the city
gates she utters her words.

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How long, you simple ones?
Will you love simplicity?

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How long will mockers delight
themselves in mockery and fools

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hate knowledge?
Turn at my reproof.

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Behold, I will pour out my
spirit on you.

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I will make known my words to
you, because I have called and

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you have refused.
I have stretched out my hand and

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no one has paid attention.
But you have ignored all my

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counsel and wanted none of my
reproof.

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I also will laugh at your
disaster.

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I will mock when calamity
overtakes you, when calamity

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overtakes you like a storm, when
your disaster comes on like a

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whirlwind, when distress and
anguish come on you.

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Then they will call on me, but I
will not answer.

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They will seek me diligently,
but they will not find me

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because they hated knowledge and
didn’t choose the fear of

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Yahweh.
They wanted none of my counsel.

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They despised all my reproof.
Therefore they will eat of the

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fruit of their own way and be
filled with their own schemes.

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For the backsliding of the
simple will kill them.

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The careless ease of fools will
destroy them.

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But whoever listens to me will
dwell securely and will be at

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ease without fear of harm.
Psalm Chapter 2 World English

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Bible Why do the nation’s rage
and the people’s plot a vain

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thing?
The kings of the earth take a

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stand, and the rulers take
counsel together against Yahweh

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and against his anointed,
saying, Let’s break their bonds

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apart and cast their cords from
us.

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He who sits in the heavens will
laugh.

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The Lord will have them in
derision.

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Then He will speak to them in
his anger and terrify them in

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His wrath.
Yet I have set my king on my

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holy hill of Zion.
I will tell of the decree Yahweh

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said to me.
You are my son today I have

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become your father.
Ask of me and I will give the

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nations for your inheritance the
uttermost parts of the earth for

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your possession.
You shall break them with a rod

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of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces

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like a Potter’s vessel.
Now therefore be wise, you

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kings, be instructed you judges
of the earth, serve Yahweh with

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fear and rejoice with trembling.
Give sincere homage to the sun,

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lest he be angry, and you perish
on the way, for His wrath will

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soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take

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refuge in Him.
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