ONE AND ONE IS TWO!
Proverbs 30:10-33 is called the numerical proverbs. Beginning in verse 18; "Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden." Now what is that all about? Chapter 24 makes a little sense; "Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; the badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in Kings’ palaces". Can you find the logic there? The logic is that one can be mighty when there are two or more pulling together bringing strength and/or a balance to the equation.

Remember when ‘the new math’ came upon the scene? My children were in grade school. They would bring their work home and of course it was expected that the parent would help them. Now just a minute! My children were learning under a handicap! Their mother! She was of the old school and knew only what she had learned. She wasn’t even good at that! What she learned was permanent, not perfect. Their Dad on the other hand who’s math far exceeded their mothers, had difficulty understanding the new math because he was more familiar with X’s, Y’s and Z’s. Well, my children did survive with one working in a finance department of a large corporation and the other balances our check book and pays our bills. They must have grasped something in the learning process.

Let me impress you with all the things we have learned in the department of arithmetic. Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, analytic geometry and many others I can’t even pronounce. We have learned to find each other by giving an address that consists of numbers so we can easily locate your house on a street. We have numbers to measure minutes, hours and days. We have come a long way!

I love dictionary searches. Knowledge has many direct definitions. 1) Clear perception of a truth, fact, or subject. 2) That which is known. 3) Information gained and preserved. 4) Learning. To break it down further; knowledge is information gained from books or instruction. Wisdom is using your knowledge in good/sound judgement! Wisdom is also understanding and insight that comes from experience.

God loves numbers, like 10%. He uses three, seven, twelve, forty and combinations of these numbers. We often wonder why! However, if God says it; it must be. "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up." Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

We shouldn’t let the numbers get in the way of sound judgement. "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money!" In speaking about church discipline, Jesus gives instructions regarding sinning against one another and how you should handle such things. "Again, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matthew 18:19-20.

God doesn’t ask us to be mathematicians, He just asks us to be faithful! God doesn’t ask us to be smarter than anyone else, He just asks us to love one another! God doesn’t ask us to be better than others in our service, He just asks us to serve one another! God doesn’t ask us to be good, He just asks us to accept His son and be obedient to His word. Jane Ann