LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL
By Pastor Mensa Otabil

Wednesday 10th December 2025

SEEK UNDERSTANDING

Scripture Reading: Proverbs 14

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands. *Proverbs 14:6

This proverb focuses on two kinds of seekers. One of the seekers is a ‘scoffer’, the other is ‘him who understands’. Both are seeking wisdom. The scoffer does not find the wisdom he’s seeking, but the person of understanding easily finds it.

There are times when scoffers – those who deny God and mock His Word – seek help from Him, but they find none. God is the source of all wisdom. And since scorners do not fear God nor want a relationship with Him, their seeking is in vain.

What can we learn from this wise saying of the bible?

You cannot find something if you despise it. A scoffer is a person who mocks others. They have no respect for things of value and do all they can to denigrate noble efforts. Because of that, scoffers do not achieve much in life.

Scoffers spend their lives seeking and never finding. They make efforts which do not amount to much. You cannot attain heights in life if you spend all your time making a mockery of those who have attained great heights.

You will find things that you take time to understand. A person of understanding seeks understanding. When they encounter something unfamiliar, they seek to understand it rather than mock it.

Those who seek understanding find success in life. They respect the efforts that others have made in life and learn best practices from them. That is the way of achievers.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, help me not mock and despise others. I choose to be a person of understanding. Amen