Good Morning Everyone!!!! It's another day of life, that God has given me that I might worship and praise His most Holiest of Names.
Today, I would like to talk about, the Book of Proverbs. All of us know of the value of good advice. Listening to those who are wiser that we are are, gives us the benefit of their hard won experience. Growing up, getting along with others, and holding a job, all would be impossible without guidance from people who have been there before. The Book of Proverbs gives us that kind of help.
The Book of Proverbs, passes on a core of knowledge, and experience that God says, we must have if we are to live successfully. These sayings, are universal principles, that apply to all of us, at all times. They speak about the problems in the time of Solomon, as well as modern times, because they concern human nature, and God's ways. The human nature has not changed since Solomon's time, and neither has God's nature changed.
The purpose of this book is to give us a course of instruction in wisdom, preparation for life, and the ways of life in God's world. The words "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7) sets the record straight and this will be the foundation on which all other sayings stand. The main theme of the Book of Proverbs is: Fear of the Lord motivates us to obey God's commandments, and that obedience to them brings true wisdom.
"For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.
Proverbs 2:6-7
"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding"
Proverbs 3:13
"For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord; But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death"
Proverbs 8:35-36
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise"
Proverbs 11:30
"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall"
Proverbs 16:18
"He who fines a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord"
Proverbs 18:22
"Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised"
Proverbs 31:30
Ye beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low
Who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow
Look now for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing
Heavenly Father, Thank you the wisdom and guidance, that you give to us. Thank You for this Book of Proverbs, that teaches us that the Fear of the Lord, motivates us to obey God's commandments, and obedience to them provides us with true wisdom.
Amen
" A man's steps are of the Lord; How then can a man understand his own way?"
Proverbs 20:24
Have a God Filled and a Spirit Led Day
Yours In Christ
Cindi
"The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart"
Proverbs 17:3
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