Meditations on the Proverbs 2:10

Proverbs 2:10

"For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul"

I went to hear Tim Keller speak last Tuesday and he gave an illustration that struck me to the point that I had to apply it. He told of how when he was young he recalls an experience at camp that changed his life forever. He took a class on "How to Study the Bible" in which the teacher took a well known passage: "I will make you fishers of men" (Mat 4:19), and made the kids go sit under a tree and for 30 minutes meditate on the text in order to find 50 observations. He found all he could in the first 4 minutes, the problem was that he still had another 40 minutes left. Slowly he plugged away until all 50 were found. When the teacher gathered them back together she asked for observations that were life changing. She wrote them down and ... [excuse the break ... I had to go kill a mouse that was scampering around the shop] ... then asked how many found the life-changing-observation within the first 5 minutes ... no one raised their hands ... the first 10 minutes ... no one ... 15 minutes ... only a few ......

So here is a 30min meditation on Proverbs 2:10. I will simply write down Observations (insights that are found in the text), Thoughts (insights derived or implied from the text), and Questions (inquiries about the text):

6:26am

1. O - The word "for" indicates a grounding clause which creates the foundation for what was previously stated
2. O - the text says the wisdom "will come into" one's heart
3. T - "into" implies that wisdom is not naturally within the heart of a man but is found outside himself in another source
4. Q - what are the requirements for wisdom to come into one's heart?
5. O - the verse is paralleling wisdom||knowledge, come into||be pleasant to, and heart||soul
6. T- wisdom is often associated with the mind yet here it is connected with the heart
7. T - There are things that are "pleasant" to the soul, and there are things that are not. The text seems to indicate that knowledge had not always been pleasant to the soul.
8. Q - what if knowledge is not pleasant to the soul? How could one change this?
9. O - Both the entrance and pleasantry of wisdom and knowledge are set in the future. Note it does not say, "wisdom is in your heart" (static) or "knowledge is pleasing" (status).
10. T - Faith must be exercised in order to embrace the future benefits of wisdom and knowledge.
11. 6:42am
12. Q - why will wisdom come in? Why will knowledge be pleasant?
13. T - I think the connection between "coming into" and "being pleasant" are important. Wisdom and knowledge are not merely to be permitted into one's heart, but that their presence must be pleasing to the soul. If my heart were a sick patient in a hospital room and knowledge were to come visit me. He may have permission to enter the room, but if I do not delight in his presence, I dishonor his visitation and rob us both of the joy that could have been had in that moment.
14. O - v5||v9 and v6 "For the LORD gives wisdom"||"For wisdom will come into your heart"
15. Q - From whence comes wisdom and knowledge? The answer is in v6 - from the LORD's mouth, that is, His word
16. T - Rewritten logic of the text, "Wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul, therefore if you make your ear attentive to wisdom and incline your heart to understanding, then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity"
17. 6:59min

Boy, I didn't even get 25! insights from the text!!!! in 30 minutes.

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