Fools Are Foolish - The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional

Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,Since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 17:16 (NKJV)

This is an interesting question. Why does a fool get any of the good benefits that could make him wise and true and good if he wanted, and yet he wastes every opportunity? They are wasted on him.

Why do we sometimes see godly parents who do all that they can for their children while the children do all they can to ruin the parents’ lives? They choose wild friends, break all the family rules meant to guide and protect them, and break their parents’ hearts.

Why? Why do some people have a Christian in their life who never gives up on them, who year after year invites them to church, shares the gospel, and prays for their souls? And yet, year after year—nothing. They become more and more set on believing anything the liberal media says and rejecting everything that God says.

Why, why do some of the dearest Christian wives have husbands who choose to live a life and in a world apart? They have no idea why their wife has joy and peace even when there are hard times. There’s a Bible in their kitchen and Scriptures on their walls, but these husbands’ hearts seem like block walls.

Why? Why do all these foolish people get all these chances to know the truth? Because “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. . . . God did not send His Son to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:16-17, NKJV).

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Let’s turn this question back on ourselves. Is there an area of your life that foolishness has repeatedly conquered? Are you still foolish with your money, with your words, with your temper? Why? Why do you yield when you know it only brings trouble?

Let’s pray and seek both the insight and power of God himself to break the grip of our weak natures.

Let’s Pray

Lord, I am asking you. Help me understand why I keep failing to grow past some of the weak habits in my life. Please give me fresh resolve for victory, confident that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13, NKJV).

One Year Bible Reading

1 Kings 20:1–21:29; Acts 12:24–13:15; Psalm 137:1-9; Proverbs 17:16