There is a place in Colorado called “Silver City.” It is a beautiful little town nestled in the midst of some of the most majestic mountains one could ever see. I remember as a child being told that we were going to go through Silver City. You probably can figure out what kind of image that created in my mind. Yes – a city that was made of silver! I couldn’t wait to get to Silver City. The more I thought about it, the more excited I got. “That town has got to be the shiniest town ever!” I asked my brother if he had an extra pair of dark glasses.
Silver City was so named because in the old prospecting days, miners went there hoping to get rich by mining silver. Some actually did. I learned one thing, though. Mining silver isn’t easy. It takes a lot of work, a lot of determination and an “I’m not going to give up” attitude.
Solomon told his son that he needed to seek for wisdom as one would seek for silver (Proverbs 2:4). Knowing how hard it is to dig silver out of the mountain makes that statement even more impressive. Solomon was saying that wisdom and understanding (regarding God, Proverbs 2:5) doesn’t come easily. God wants us to work at it. But the payoff? Well, let’s just say it is a whole lot better than finding silver.
When we study the inspired, holy, magnificent Word of God, we could say that we’re mining! Excuse me; I’ve got some digging to do. “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold” (Proverbs 3:13-14 NKJV).
