Proverb 2

I remember, more so during high school, when people prayed for me. They would pray that God will give me the wisdom He gave Solomon, to help me through my studies and guide me through life's choices, etc. I guess the basis of that is that wisdom is this tool for enhancing our success.

Or other times, when we think of wisdom, we think of it as an unseen entity, like a force that we can maybe create or bring to life by, I don't know, studying? reading? learning? getting old?

But I think the author tells us otherwise.

Primarily, he says we need to be more passive or surrendering--"if you receive my words" and be "attentive to wisdom." And then, maybe when we've seen a glimpse of it, "call out", "raise your voice", "seek it", "search for it".

And not just search for it like it's some pair of pants we want to wear that we just can't find!!! (I hate it when that happens..) But seek it so desperately that we are willing to let go of all that we possess, to invest our life in it, like a "hidden treasure". (Matt 13:44)

It's really interesting the way Proverbs 2 personifies wisdom. Maybe, this wisdom, which will "come into our [hearts]" and "[deliver us] from the ways of evil", isn't really the kind of wisdom that we have perceived for so long. Instead of 'wisdom' being a 'thing' that brings us good school, a well-to-do career, or a great husband/wife, perhaps 'wisdom' is rather 'someone' who will reveal, show, and guide "the way" to righteousness that we just cannot find or obtain on our own. But we need to be willing to open up ourselves, take in, and have the faith to seek because this is it; this 'wisdom' will bring us to where we are to be.