Maureen Trowbridge reviews ‘The Way of Wisdom: year of daily devotions in the book of Proverbs’ by Timothy Keller (2017, Hodder & Stoughton).

This year-long daily devotional based on the Book of Proverbs is truly inspiring. The wisdom found within its pages, brought forth so well by Timothy Keller, provides a clear understanding of the way we should live the Christian life.

It is also encouraging and challenging how reading through verses from Proverbs, alongside explanations and connections drawn to the words and teachings of Jesus, enables us to draw closer to God and deepen our relationship with him.

Comparing this new venture to his earlier book on the Psalms, ‘My Rock, My Refuge’, Keller says “Psalms is about how to throw ourselves fully upon God in faith. Proverbs is about how, having trusted God, we should then live that faith out. If the Bible were a medicine cabinet, Psalms would be the ointment put on inflamed skin to calm and heal it. Proverbs would be more like smelling salts to startle you into alertness.”

The daily readings are grouped into sets of topics, enabling the reader to accumulate various insights on specific themes, piecing together the wisdom that the book offers on subjects such as ‘Wisdom’, ‘Knowing God’, ‘Knowing the Heart’ ‘Knowing Others’, etc, ending with ‘Knowing Jesus, the true wisdom of God’.

The book is such a blessing and encourages in such a simple and unusual way that I have purchased a copy for myself to read during the coming year! Strongly recommended for its wisdom and special insight into what God has said to us through the Book of Proverbs.

The Way of Wisdom is available from the publisher in hardback and from most Christian book retailers. Also available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle forms.