Wisdom is personified as one calling out in the streets, offering knowledge to all. Although rejected by many, she notes “whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
We’ve been blessed to receive God’s word, the chance to “hear and increase in learning”. This doesn’t make us more special than anyone else, but it does give us hope and comfort, an understanding of God and His plan. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge”. If we are to be wise in heavenly wisdom, then we need to really listen and allow it to affect our lives, to turn knowledge into action, following the path of Wisdom.
At various stages in our life, we all can be lost coins or lost sheep, temporarily lost or distracted from the path of Wisdom. Jesus’ parables about the lost are really encouraging, “there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The act of returning to God, or of helping one of our peers return to God, results in rejoicing in heaven.