8/25/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=2
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion and understanding will preserve and keep your soul and life. They are aspects of godly wisdom that will protect you from foolish errors, wicked persons, and sin. They will keep you out of all sorts of trouble, spiritual and physical. Life without them is hard and difficult (13:15; 22:5). You need to be in a church where the Word of God is taught faithfully and frequently, and you need to apply yourself in personal reading, meditation, prayer, and study. Then you must apply your learning to the life situations that God will bring your way (Heb 5:12-14).
This is going to sound silly, and it might not be as big of a surprise to some as it seems to be to me (it isn't really a surprise to me, just very interesting and comforting), but....as I continue to study the bible, listen to sermons at church, and study in Sunday school, it all ties together very nicely. There seems to be "connective' themes. I am currently studying in Proverbs with 2 of my sisters in Christ. It has been mostly about wisdom and knowledge and asking God for it and the consequences of not asking for it. In church the past few weeks we have been studying in James. Quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. All things you must have control over in order to ask for and receive knowledge and wisdom from God. Then there's the book we are studying in Sunday school, R.C. Sproul's The Holiness of God.We have discussed God's divine justice and mercy, both of which we get, or want, and are a result of how much wisdom and knowledge we have.
So, its either a divine Being that made it so, OR, that same divine Being is trying to tell me something without putting a baseball bat to my head. My guess is it's a little of both. :)
Dear heavenly Father, please open my eyes and mind and heart and ears to Your Word, Your Truth, and Your Wisdom. Help me apply Your truths to my life. Help me be discreet, which is NOT one of my strong suits. I want to know You and love You and understand You and glorify You more every day. But I know, more than anyone, that I need Your strength to get through each day to be in reverence of You. Please help me. Please continue to help my family through our immediate needs and uncertainties. Please be with my sisters in Christ as they look to You to be the center of their lives and homes. Amen
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And here's another connection (for me)...right before we started studying James on Wed. nights, I had decided to try memorizing James! I liked the way it fit in with our Proverbs study...and was excited to find out it is often called the "Proverbs of the New Testament." So now it's all wisdom all the time, which is a very good thing for me.
What a sweet time it was last night when our family gathered aruond the table and joined together in prayer. God is so good to give us the right as His children to come to Him with our praises, worship and petitions.
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