Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path, from people who twist their words.  

Proverbs 2:12 CEB

If there's a group of people that Jesus stood against it was those who deceived others, who twisted God's words for their own benefit, to maintain power. 

Jesus came to redeem the world, and we personalise that which is OK, but he stood against the power structures that led to injustice, the systems that oppress & marginalise. The law repeated the need to care for the alien, the stranger, the poor, the widows, Jesus said he quoted Isaiah in Luke 4 that he had come to bring healing and freedom for the oppressed, Jesus brother James wrote that true religion is caring for orphans and widows (those without, in need).

We can see Jesus in this proverb, He is the Wisdom that acts and rescues from those in power, and Jesus invites us to join Him in that work in our world too.

This joining in always starts small, the kindness of giving someone our attention, choosing connection, seeing someone on their own in church and sitting with them, smiling at the person behind the counter, standing against the ideas of the world that say it's all about me, standing for those on the margins even tho it can be costly.

Where are we being invited to be Wisdom in our world?

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