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Proverbs 1:22
How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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🎯 Twelve months gone. Just like that.
2025 has thirty days left. Do you believe it??
Every December, you know what happens people start taking stock of their lives— what worked, what failed, what got ignored, what was whispered to them but was never followed through on.
And then Wisdom steps into the room and asks the most uncomfortable… the most necessary… the most New-Year’s-Eve-before-the-year-even-ends question:
“How long?”
Not “How long will it take?” But:
How long will you stay in the same patterns… when you should know better by now?
🧠 What “Simple” Really Means Here
Today’s idea of “simple”? Noble. Minimalist. Grounded.
But “simple” in Proverbs? Not zen. Not soulful.
It meant being asleep at the wheel — uninformed on purpose… avoiding nuance… loving easy answers… choosing face-value thinking because real wisdom requires real work.
And the verse exposes the deepest layer when it says:
“How long, you who are simple, will you LOVE your simple ways…”
Ahhh that hits.
Because some people are romantically attached to staying shallow.
It’s the inner fight of the fundamentalist: They over romanticize the past and resist the flow of the present Longing for “the good old days” They want things back the way they were, When in reality ‘the good old days’ were never all that good —unless you were a land-owning white male with privilege, power, and permission to call oppression “order.”
It’s nostalgia for a past that never existed.
It’s that “Make America Great Again” myth when the real call is: make ‘wherever you are’ greater than it has ever been.
Then Proverbs hits round two:
“…mockers delight in mockery, and fools hate knowledge.”
Bro… that’s a scroll through X on a Tuesday. That’s the comments section of almost anything.
Remember Periscope? (The early version of IG Live — before IG Live even knew it was IG Live.) I was teaching Proverbs online live back then…I called it ‘Periscoping through Proverbs” and folks from all over the planet (especially Russia for some reason) were logging in just to call me the N-word mid-Bible study.
Chuck D was right: We’re living in an age of Screen-agers —With the emotional maturity of teenage boys that haven’t quite reached puberty.
🌱 But Here’s the Good News
You don’t have to be simple. You don’t have to be stuck. You don’t have to spiritualize ignorance. You don’t have to be allergic to depth.
Wisdom’s been whispering to you all year — through these episodes, through your own stories, through God’s grace that carried you through every single month of 2025.
You’re already wiser than you were. You’re already growing.
And December begins with a choice:
How long… will you stay inside that mess that God is calling you out of?
💥 Remember
The year won’t change for you until you stop treating growth like an option.
🙏🏽 Prayer
Lord, awaken me—end my drift, deepen my hunger today.
🎯 Today’s Challenge
Write down TWO things you’ve tolerated this year that you know you need to grow past. Circle the one that feels the smallest — and begin there.
Tiny shifts today become transformation by December 31st.
Prayer
Lord, awaken me—end my drift, deepen my hunger today.
Today’s Challenge
Write down TWO things you’ve tolerated this year that you know you need to grow past. Circle the one that feels the smallest— and begin there. Tiny shifts today become transformation by December 31st.
About the Author
Fred Lynch is a creative communicator, author, and Christian Hip Hop pioneer. To learn more about Fred and what he’s up to now…click here or you can find him in all the socials by searching the handle: heyfredlynch
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How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs Daily is a reader-supported publication. All posts are free, but all donations help spread the message. When you see the word “upgrade,” you’re simply invited to help me make the sacred positively contagious...thank you in advance for becoming a free or paid subscriber.
🎯 Twelve months gone. Just like that.
2025 has thirty days left. Do you believe it??
Every December, you know what happens people start taking stock of their lives— what worked, what failed, what got ignored, what was whispered to them but was never followed through on.
And then Wisdom steps into the room and asks the most uncomfortable… the most necessary… the most New-Year’s-Eve-before-the-year-even-ends question:
“How long?”
Not “How long will it take?” But:
How long will you stay in the same patterns… when you should know better by now?
🧠 What “Simple” Really Means Here
Today’s idea of “simple”? Noble. Minimalist. Grounded.
But “simple” in Proverbs? Not zen. Not soulful.
It meant being asleep at the wheel — uninformed on purpose… avoiding nuance… loving easy answers… choosing face-value thinking because real wisdom requires real work.
And the verse exposes the deepest layer when it says:
“How long, you who are simple, will you LOVE your simple ways…”
Ahhh that hits.
Because some people are romantically attached to staying shallow.
It’s the inner fight of the fundamentalist: They over romanticize the past and resist the flow of the present Longing for “the good old days” They want things back the way they were, When in reality ‘the good old days’ were never all that good —unless you were a land-owning white male with privilege, power, and permission to call oppression “order.”
It’s nostalgia for a past that never existed.
It’s that “Make America Great Again” myth when the real call is: make ‘wherever you are’ greater than it has ever been.
Then Proverbs hits round two:
“…mockers delight in mockery, and fools hate knowledge.”
Bro… that’s a scroll through X on a Tuesday. That’s the comments section of almost anything.
Remember Periscope? (The early version of IG Live — before IG Live even knew it was IG Live.) I was teaching Proverbs online live back then…I called it ‘Periscoping through Proverbs” and folks from all over the planet (especially Russia for some reason) were logging in just to call me the N-word mid-Bible study.
Chuck D was right: We’re living in an age of Screen-agers —With the emotional maturity of teenage boys that haven’t quite reached puberty.
🌱 But Here’s the Good News
You don’t have to be simple. You don’t have to be stuck. You don’t have to spiritualize ignorance. You don’t have to be allergic to depth.
Wisdom’s been whispering to you all year — through these episodes, through your own stories, through God’s grace that carried you through every single month of 2025.
You’re already wiser than you were. You’re already growing.
And December begins with a choice:
How long… will you stay inside that mess that God is calling you out of?
💥 Remember
The year won’t change for you until you stop treating growth like an option.
🙏🏽 Prayer
Lord, awaken me—end my drift, deepen my hunger today.
🎯 Today’s Challenge
Write down TWO things you’ve tolerated this year that you know you need to grow past. Circle the one that feels the smallest — and begin there.
Tiny shifts today become transformation by December 31st.
Prayer
Lord, awaken me—end my drift, deepen my hunger today.
Today’s Challenge
Write down TWO things you’ve tolerated this year that you know you need to grow past. Circle the one that feels the smallest— and begin there. Tiny shifts today become transformation by December 31st.
About the Author
Fred Lynch is a creative communicator, author, and Christian Hip Hop pioneer. To learn more about Fred and what he’s up to now…click here or you can find him in all the socials by searching the handle: heyfredlynch
📱Experience Proverbs Daily by Subscribing!
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Go to proverbsdaily.org for the app or just click that Subscribe button right now!
Be Wise and Be Well...peace.
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