Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.

Proverbs 24:7 NLT

This proverb is quite stark with leaders at the city gate and fools as the only groups. 

Which one am I in?

Surely there's people in between. People who are heading towards being the next wise leader who can be found at the city gate. 

As we think about our culture the choice we have of the places and people we can go to for wisdom are massive. 

And we have no problem identifying fools (or they people who don't agree with me, or people I don't understand?)

The quiet challenge in this proverb is am I becoming more like the wise leader at the city gate, or the fool?

What direction am I moving in?

This is not about recognition of position (as either a fool or a wise leader) but about recognition of my heart, that I have the fool in me, and the direction that I want to head in is towards wisdom. 

Elsewhere in Proverbs the fool is someone wise in their own eyes, like a child who has all the answers. 

Proverbs is about the heart, and this one is encouraging me to see the fool in me, and to move towards wisdom in who I'm listening to, following, the inputs I allow in my life, what I watch, who I spend time with, the thoughts I dwell on...

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