‘She calls from the highest point of the city’ Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: ‘She calls from the highest point of the city’-------------------------- Date: 5/11/2001 Keywords: "accessible" "wisdom" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Proverbs 9:1-6* 1. Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. 2. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. 4. "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. 5. "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. 6. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. Question In the passage above, who is seeking whom?   Practical help Wisdom is accessible by everyone, not just priests and philosophers. In fact, wisdom goes out of its way to seek all people, sending out scouts if necessary (see verse 3 above). If you're looking for smart ways to avoid smut, know that the source of smart ideas, the one true and wise God, is seeking and calling you. Check out the Bible's Book of Proverbs to tune in. But for now, the simple point is this: God is looking for you. This is good news if you think you're so enmeshed in smut that God is hiding from you and withholding his help. Nothing could be farther from the truth. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.