OT promise 380: Reward and Expectation

Proverbs 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

The knowledge of wisdom is compared to the sweetness of honey. Wisdom will be sweet to the soul. Jesus is the Wisdom of God. The knowledge of wisdom is knowing Jesus, or, believing in Him. Saving faith is the gift of God, granted through the Gospel, and you know when you have it. Jesus found you, picked you up, loved, and saved you. And along with salvation comes the promise of wisdom as sweet as honey to the soul.

God promises a free reward, free for us, but it was earned by Christ. There are many glorious rewards awaiting us, all of them rewards of grace, unmerited on our part but freely given from God’s goodness and mercy. Relying on our own wisdom, what seems right to us, ends up in death. Trusting God’s wisdom leads to ever more abundant life, and sweeter, too.

And the promise includes satisfied expectations. “Your expectation shall not be cut off.” Amazing, really. All your hopes, dreams, desires, wishes, and expectations shall be realized, some in this life, most in the next, but all for sure. During this short life full of sin we experience frustration, disappointment, and cut off expectations, but alongside disappointments comes a certain hope and a positive expectation of a better life. And it will not be cut off.