Shiphrah and Puah feared God, and that gave them both the wisdom and the courage to defy the Pharaoh (Exodus 1:15-21). The Old Testament gives us many examples of women who made wise decisions because they feared God. We focus on the long game, not just on the next play. We begin to see life from the vantage point of the eternities.
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When we live in awe of God, we learn how to be wise. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and a knowledge of the Holy One is insight." In order to see how a "fear" of God leads to wisdom, we must first defang the word "fear." The “fear of the Lord” in the Bible is never "fright." It always means living in awe, not only of God's sovereignty, but also of his goodness and mercy. Proverbs 9:10 tells us that to gain wisdom, there is a starting point we can't ignore. The Oxford English Dictionary defines wisdom as "the capacity of judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct." Here wisdom is more than knowledge it's a prerequisite for a successful life. A wise person uses this combination of acquired knowledge and life experience to make good decisions that lead to positive outcomes. Throughout the Bible the concept of wisdom is described as insight that leads to living life well.
If we want to be wise in the way we live, we're told to listen to Lady Wisdom, not to the woman without maturity or sense. The first nine chapters of the book of Proverbs contrast Lady Wisdom to a foolish woman. She is called Lady Wisdom and she "cries out in the street in the squares she raises her voice, at the busiest corner she cries out.'the complacency of fools destroys them but those who listen to me will be secure and live at ease, without dread of disaster" (Proverbs 1:20-21, 32-33). But the Bible also calls us to pattern our lives on the values of an "ideal" woman who we meet as soon as we open the book of Proverbs. We may be familiar with the real women and real situations of the Old Testament.
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