“Street Noise” is September 3rd’s entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"The LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:6
Some years ago, a retired missionary built a small garden with a trickling fountain in his backyard. When guests came by and sat with him in his garden, he would say to them, “You hear the traffic from the street, don’t you? I hear the trickling of the fountain.” He had trained his ears to tune out the noises from the street and to enjoy the tranquil splatter of the water.
Wisdom comes as we train our ears to tune out the world’s noise and to hear the voice of God as He speaks to us with the wisdom of His Word in our hearts.
In his classic volume Studies in Proverbs, 19th-century expositor William Arnot wrote: “Those who hide the Word within them, feeding on it as daily bread, acquire a habitual bent of mind towards things spiritual.” By meditating on Scripture, it’s possible to become a wiser person, making better decisions, offering helpful counsel to others, and handling our emotions and reactions with maturity. “The LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
To end, a quote from William Arnot, “The Word of God is a vital seed, but it will not germinate unless it be hidden in a softened receptive heart.”
