Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, July 24, 2023
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
How long will fools hate knowledge? Wow is this a loaded question in our current political climate. The temptation is to go on a rant about “those people” and miss the log in my own eye.
How long will I fail to recognize that I don’t already have all the answers? How long will I delight in my scoffing instead of being teachable? How long will I insist that my own “simple” interpretation of how the world ought to work is the correct one and that if only everyone thought as I did, we’d be living in paradise?
Wisdom calls me into her presence and challenges me to be open to the truth of what I don’t know. She invites me into a lifelong relationship with her and promises to lead me in the right paths if I’m willing to follow. God, grant me the humility to be teachable today.
In what ways do I relate to the simple ones, scoffers, and fools of this passage?
