There are people in the world who exist to teach me the wisdom above. These are the people that God blesses in spite of their efforts (that's all of us I know, but some give greater effort than others). They are the somewhat lazy in both mind and body who nevertheless fall ass-backward into a plethora of good. The point here is not that we should stop striving in all the ways the Bible teaches us to strive. The point is that the striving doesn't earn us anything from God. Though we see from Scripture that He often blesses some behaviors and not others, He will be put into no person's debt. He may or may not choose to bless our efforts, but will give us what He knows is good for us (For a similar idea, see Mt 20:1-15).
I confess that this beautiful reality sometimes, like now, looks ugly to me. However, considering the other option -- that God simply give us what we deserve -- I bow my knee to His inscrutable wisdom and grace. Now, Proverbs 9:
Proverbs -- Chapter 9
Wisdom is here, if we will have her. She invites us into her company to be transformed, blessed, and saved. And her first lesson for us is the fear of God -- that filial reverence for Father, her Source. That's where getting wisdom begins (vv1-6, 10).
Folly is also here. She is ignorant, but alluring. Our weapon against her is wisdom. For her greatest appeal is to the simpleton and the senseless (vv13-18).
Verses 7-12 show us both types -- the wise and the foolish. There are temporal and eternal consequences rolled up in either path we walk.
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