Mockers Find None

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 14:6 (NIV)

The mocker. Who are the mockers in this world, and why is it they can actually seek and study, but true wisdom eludes them? Why is that? Wealth, intelligence, age, or education can’t grant you either maturity or wisdom. Again, why is that?

Bottom-line reason is that mockers mock God. They mock moral absolutes. They mock the Bible and call it unreliable, although they’ve never read it. They mock their need for a savior because they mock the concept of sin. It’s interesting that many mockers will deny that there is a heaven or a hell, but if asked where they will go when they die, they will say, “Heaven.” They might have a bumper sticker that says, “Save the whales,” and also one that says, “Protect the right to abort.” Hmm . . . Save a whale, kill a baby? But of course this makes perfect sense to them. Does it not seem strange that many who reject the Bible will pick up a book with a conglomeration of New Age fables like The Secret and think it’s profound? Why is that? Because “the mocker seeks wisdom but finds none.”

So what is the true key to unlocking the storehouses of wisdom, knowledge, and discernment? The fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 9:10 tells us, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (NKJV).

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Many people wonder why they don’t understand or enjoy the Bible. They read the words, but don’t receive the same comfort and hope they hear others talk about. Do you feel like that? First Corinthians 2:14 tells us, “The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (NKJV). The Bible is a spiritual book. Jesus promised us that the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth. Will you give it a try again by reading Psalm 95? Before you do, pause, still your heart, and ask the Holy Spirit to open God’s Word up and show you his treasures.

One Year Bible Reading

Judges 6:1-40; Luke 22:54–23:12; Psalm 95:1–96:13; Proverbs 14:5-6