By Travis Biller
Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton
Focal Passage: Proverbs 8:6-21
We love rags to riches stories. It cheers our heart to see a person born into adversity only to make it big. Our text reveals just such a situation.
In Proverbs 8:1-21 we see wisdom calling simple ones, and to those who answer we see their station in life elevated.
In the opening verses of chapter eight, wisdom is standing in the public square calling out with all her might. We read, “Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice?” (Prov. 8:1). [Read more…]