"She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in town, 'Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!' To him who lacks sense she says, 'Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways, and live and walk in the way of insight'" (Proverbs 9:3-6).
After the hostess prepared the banquet room and the food, she then sent her servants into town to invite the guests. Instructing them to call out from the most elevated spot in town shows that she wants everyone to hear her invitation. "Lady Wisdom" knows that there is a very vulnerable group of people in town who need her and she makes sure they have a chance to attend her dinner.
The most vulnerable of us all are the "simple" and the ones who lack "sense." These are the ones who are naive about life and who tend to be gullible. Their judgment of things right and wrong is poor. They need a lot of help life because life contains lots of confusing alternatives. Hope is found in the fact that a place at "Lady Wisdom's" table is reserved just for them.
To sit at her table and enjoy the meat, bread, and wine she has prepared is a metaphor for acquiring and enjoying wisdom. Wisdom assists the naive in their quest for life and godliness. Wisdom gives sound judgement to those who are lacking in that area. Wisdom turns those who are "simple" into those who are amazingly mature.
Remember that the invitation has gone out to everyone. There is a place set at "Lady Wisdom's" table for all who will attend the banquet. I hope you hear her invitation and are ready to take your place at her banquet.
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