Your mouth

Proverbs 4:24 “Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.” What comes out of your mouth is an obvious exposure of your heart.  We make noise with our mouth.  Does our noise serve our Savior or does it embarrass our Savior.  Are our 4 letter words great words of faith or just the opposite?  With every sentence you or I speak we not only tell others our thoughts, we are a flashing billboard of our own integrity.

Be very careful

Proverbs 4:25 “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Your heart controls your being.  Your heart determines who you are.  Your heart directs your life.  Your heart is central to your thoughts, words and actions.  Your heart beat determines the essence of you.  With a caring heart your entire life is controlled, peaceful and will have a relationship with your Savior which is as good as good gets.   

Learn and live

Proverbs 4:13 “Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” At what age does a person stop learning?  At what age does a person start learning?  A person starts learning as soon as life begins (even in the womb) and stops learning on this earth when life ends.  Loving parenting is very important from the moment of conception.  Many miss that loving nurturing and addiction is easily the result.  That is where you and I must tell the story of our Heavenly Father.

The value of wisdom

Proverbs 4: 5a,6a,7,8a “Get wisdom, get understanding…Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you… Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom…Esteem her, and she will exalt you, embrace her…” Wisdom from God makes you wonderfully different.  Your eyes are fixed on your real home eternally.  Your thoughts are always concerned with serving your Heavenly Father.  Wisdom is not natural to our human nature.  Man might be crafty and in an earthly way successful, but lack the vision of being eternally blessed.  Wisdom and understanding are essential parts of every Christian’s being. Pray for wisdom for it will bring you a confident yet humble success found nowhere else.

His valuable Word

Proverbs 4:4 “he taught me and said, ‘Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.” If you and I value God’s Word as the valuable treasure chest it is, our lives will be full of riches which can be found nowhere else.  We can look to man, we can look to Hollywood, we can look to professional athletics, we can look to the seeming wealthy, we can look to the entire world and will never find the massive treasure chest our Heavenly Father gives us and says—-I have a treasure chest for you, learn and live with joy in this life and eternally.  What a treasure chest!