Continuing in Proverbs

So, the weekend came and I was busy... I stayed in Proverbs but I failed to blog...

Here I am...trying to highlight blessings in Proverbs...

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Proverbs 4 is a father's instruction to his son to get wisdom and to hold it as his prized possession throughout life.  The father knows that wisdom is key for living a godly life.

I really liked verse 23, "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life."  Each person is responsible to keep their heart guarded.  This is a huge responsibility but the outcome of a guarded heart is worth every minute of diligent watching and guarding that one puts into it.

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Proverbs 5 warns against immorality.  The chapter concludes with the fact that each person will one day stand before the Lord God and give an account of every single thing that they did while on earth.  Doesn't that just make you want to live a correct and godly life in this present life?

Verse 21 reads, "For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He watches all his paths".  Wow.  God is watching us... How are you living today?

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Proverbs 6 contains more wisdom passed on through the generations:

"My son, observe the commandment of your father and do not forsake the teaching of you mother; bind them continually on your heart; tie them around your neck.  When you walk about, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk to you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; and reproofs for discipline are the way of life (vs. 20-23)

The challenge is not to forget or rebel against the teachings of wisdom but rather to embrace them as a light to guide one through life.  

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And...Proverbs 7....today's chapter.

Today the father in the chapter warns his son against the ways of the harlot.

"Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding you intimate friend; that they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words." (vs. 4-5). 

 The importance of wisdom...given before the situation ever arises but the son must hold fast to these nuggets of wisdom for his own good.  He has a personal responsibility to wisdom- either to accept it or to reject it.  

How is your life: are you accepting wisdom or rejecting it?

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Keep digging into God's Word.  Listen for His voice.  Anticipate it.  He'll speak to you.