Walking in the Spirit: Reading Through Proverbs: Proverbs 3

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Reading Through Proverbs: Proverbs 3

The focused passage for today is Proverbs 3:5-8 (and 3:19-20, quoted later) where Solomon wrote, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones."

This speaks to our need to humble ourselves and realize we are nothing without God. We cannot control everything, but He can. We are not wise apart from Him, as history has proven time and time again. Proverbs 3 offers a lot to the individual seeking wisdom, and warns us strongly against believing we are wise in this world without Him. This is accentuated in verses 19 and 20: "The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens; By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew." He created, He controls, we learn from Him, we obey.

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Living for Christ

The message of the Gospel is about much more than the person(s) teaching it. Too many in the world today devote themselves to a specific "preacher" or "elder," rather than devoting themselves to the God's divine Word.

The importance is found in the message, not the messenger (1 Corinthians 1:10-17); only one Man died for our sins, and that is Jesus Christ. There is but one message that means anything; that message of truth is singular in nature and is not to be altered by any man or women (Mark 4:1-9, 13-20; Galatians 1:6-10). Those that preach and teach God's Word are not to conceal the cost of discipleship (Matthew 19:16-22; Matthew 8:18-22; Luke 14:25-33). We must never be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ as it is, not as man would have it to be (Romans 1:15-17).

We must each remember that the reward greatly outweighs the cost (2 Timothy 4:6-8; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 2 Corinthians 5:1-8). God's love and grace was manifested to mankind through the sacrifice of His only Son so that we can have the opportunity to obey (1 John 4:8-10), and we are to love with the same diligence (1 John 4:11).

Finally, remember that Christ is our all; if we are alive, we live for Him and to do the will of our Father in Heaven.

"...according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell." (Philippians 1:20-22)

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)

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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Reading Through Proverbs: Proverbs 3

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