Mouth, eyes and feet

Proverbs 4:24-26 parts  “Keep your mouth free of perversity…Let your eyes look straight ahead…Give careful thought to the paths for your feet…” Our entire being is meant to give glory to God.  He has created each of us to serve Him with our entire being all the days of our lives.  Our mouth (our expression);  our eyes (what we place in front of ourselves); and our feet (wherever we go); are all to serve our Heavenly Father.  All three are intended to be restrictive to our blessed benefit.  Our path of success is dictated by following our God’s wisdom.

Guard your heart

Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Our heart controls everything we do.  Our heart determines all of our feelings.  Our emotional wellbeing is much more critical to a successful life than our intellectual capacity.  Our emotional wellbeing is controlled by our heart.  Our EQ is much more important than our IQ.  Our heart determines who we are.  God wants all of us, but He especially wants our heart.  

Carefully listen

Proverbs 5:7 “Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.” How can we know what God says without reading what God says?  Sounds simple?  It is.  We are to read, learn and follow what our God has to so wisely say.  There is no way we can do this without opening our Bible.  Yet, many of us attend church or zoom church and live life not understanding the rich treasure that might even sit in sight within our homes.  Use your treasure.  Value it as God intends.  Enjoy the treasure of your life.

Ears, eyes and heart

Proverbs 4:20-21 “My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words, do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;” None of this passage would be followed if a person ignored God’s Word, His Bible.  As Christians we love to read and ponder on our Father’s instruction.  We fall short of being perfect as God expects, but that personal falling short is exactly why we have an Advocate, our Savior. Have a great weekend.

Your daily walk

Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.” Sometimes it rains and sometimes the sun shines.  That is the daily life of all of us on this earth.  An interesting scientific word for this remarkable change within life is metamorphosis.  A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.  For a person who has a close relationship with The Master of the Universe earthly life is always looked on as sunshine, butterfly and hope.  We look forward to our eternity of amazing wonder.

Learn and apply

Proverbs 4:13 “Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” An acronym for Bible is:  Basic instruction before leaving earth.  Instruction is the key word.  God could have written more words.  God could have written less words.  God wrote the exact number of words you and I needed for instruction.  It is your and my responsibility to carefully ad wisely study those words and thoughts and then apply their instruction.