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The Wisdom of Heeding Correction – Proverbs 15:5 Explained
In this episode, we explore Proverbs 15:5 and the importance… (visit YouTube for more)
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Proverbs has a lot to say about attitudes of heart and the dangers of being unwise, of having bad attitudes. Let’s look today at Proverbs chapter 15, verse five. A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Which are we going to be, the one who rejects what our parents, our leaders tell us, or the one who will take correction. Are we going to be people who will learn from those who have more experience than us, who have seen more of life than us?
Are we going to learn from those people who would bring correction to us? Correction is painful and uncomfortable, but we learn and we grow by it. And by turning away any form of correction, by rejecting out of hand any criticism, we are being fools. That’s what Proverbs says.
There is something special about a functional relationship between children and parents. I know that many such relationships are dysfunctional. But in a functional relationship, we as children will take on board the teaching of our parents. They have much to show us, much to teach us, much to exemplify, in godly parents in the way that they follow God.
And we ignore all of that at our peril. Walking the way of wisdom, walking the way of teachability Proverbs says is prudent. It’s wise. It results in good outcomes. It results in certain kinds of prosperity.
And so we do well to take this on board, don’t we? Let us come with soft hearts to those who are in authority over us and who mean well for us.
And out of all of those people, the one whose guidance and leadership we need the most is God. He treats us as his children. He comes to us as a Father, and if we despise his instruction, we will walk headlong into disaster.
Let us take on board all of the reproof, all of the teaching, all the correcting, all the training in righteousness that God gives us through his Holy Spirit, through his word, and through the testimony of other saints.
