Noble Things

Proverbs 8:6-7 is one of those passages that touches my heart. Proverbs 6 and 7 have been a warning to avoid the “adulteress.” In Proverbs, this is a picture of one who calls us away from purity and walking by the standard of God in order to satisfy personal longings and desire. She is contrasted in chapter 8 with the call of Wisdom. Wisdom issues a challenge to live and walk in the way of God. Proverbs 8:6 tells us that Wisdom will speak of noble things. I love that picture. We do not live to satisfy self. We are called to a higher standard; challenged to live in the ideal. A place that is noble and pure. Noble brings pictures of knights on white horses, soldiers who give their lives for the greater good, and lives defined by grace, gentleness, discipline, and lived by a moral compass that is steadfastly fixed on God. I want to live a life that is noble. A life that follows where God leads and points others to see Him. I want to be steadfast in my resolve to look like Jesus. Proverbs calls me to more noble things.