# Ep 153: First Instruction: Receive God’s Words (Prov 2:1a).

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Published: 2026-05-14T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/p/ep-153-first-instruction-receive
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## Resource

Prayer. Reading: Prov 2:1a. Meditation. When someone has been sick, one of the things they need to focus on as they recover is building up their strength again. You can’t build up your strength without food. Our bodies need food to survive. Without nutritious food, our bodies waste away and eventually we die. There’s a spiritual parallel of survival as well when it comes to wisdom, and we see it here in Proverbs 2:1a: “ My son, if you receive my words ”. It’s as simple as this: God gives wisdom through his word. Like food for the body, we need God’s word for our souls. “ Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD ” (Deut 8:3). Without the word of God, there is no wisdom. You can’t get it, you can’t find it, and you won’t have it. What this practically means is that – if you would gain wisdom – you must receive God’s Word. There will be no wisdom without the Word of God. Be ye doers of the word... Here’s the main application flowing out of this insight: don’t neglect the word of God. As we considered in the previous meditation, there’s nothing particularly mysterious about how God gives wisdom. It’s very simple. You need to receive God’s Word. Here’s a very objective and obvious test to tell if you’re wise or not: your maturity in wisdom will bear a direct correlation to the way you treat God’s Word. If you neglect God’s Word, you are neglecting wisdom, and – at best – you will be, to use the language of Proverbs, “simple” and in desperate need of leveling up. At worst, you will be at some level of regression on the path of fools. Either way, as time goes by, unless you get wisdom, you will end up walking down that path of fools. This is where Solomon’s exhortation comes in: “ My son, if you receive my words ”. Yo…

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