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Proverbs 8 – Flirting with death?

Aug7

Good day everyone and welcome to another day of blogging through the bible 😊

Today we look at Proverbs chapter 8 and will focus on verses 13 and 32-36

13Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!” (Proverbs 7: 13 TPT)

Wisdom pours into you when you hate every form of evil in your life. Loving evil shows a lack of wisdom. Hating what’s evil is a form of worship to God. Most times we see worship as only the songs we sing, especially the slow tempo ones but really and truly worship is beyond that. In Romans 12: 1-2, Paul tells us that offering every part of our lives as a living sacrifice is worship to God. 

Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. (Romans 12:1 TPT)

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. (Romans 12:1 MSG)

Worship of God encompasses a life lived in reverence and submission to him, acknowledging His sovereignty and responding to His grace with gratitude and obedience. It involves a heart that prioritizes God above all else and a lifestyle that reflects His will in every aspect of life. 

When you say “God, I worship you,” consider if your actions and lifestyle truly reflect that worship. Words don’t mean anything if there is no action to back it up.

The writer in verse 13, has made it clear that hating evil, pride and perverse speech is worship to God and as a result, wisdom is poured into us.

32“So listen, my sons and daughters, to everything I tell you, for nothing will bring you more joy than following my ways. 33Listen to my counsel, for my instruction will enlighten you. You’ll be wise not to ignore it. 34If you wait at wisdom’s doorway, longing to hear a word for every day, joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say. 35For the fountain of life pours into you every time that you find me, and this is the secret of growing in the delight and the favor of the Lord. 36But those who stumble and miss me will be sorry they did! For ignoring what I have to say will bring harm to your own soul. Those who hate me are simply flirting with death!”  (Proverbs 8: 32-26 TPT)

These verses above speak for themselves but verse 34- 36 really stood out for me

If you seek for wisdom each day, waiting to hear from God to see what he will say, this scripture says joy will break forth within you. The word of God brings us joy. If you are lacking joy, carve out time daily to spend with God, to listen for his instructions and you will see joy bursting forth from within you.

Fountain of life pours into you every time we seek for the wisdom of God and find it. This is the life of God – Zoe. Seeking for wisdom is the secret of growing in the delight and favour of the Lord. It’s not too late to start seeking wisdom and stop flirting with death

My prayer for us today is that we will learn to hate evil and our everyday life will be an acceptable worship unto God. That we will daily seek for God’s wisdom and in return, He will pour his life into us In Jesus Name. Amen

Thanks for joining me on this journey.

Feel free to leave your thoughts on this chapter in the comment section

Proverbs 4 – Legacy

Jul31

Good day everyone and welcome to another day of blogging through the bible

Today we look at Proverbs chapter 4.

So much to unpack in this chapter but I felt strongly the Holy Spirit wanted me to focus on the 1st 4 verses for today and I pray it blesses you all.

1Listen to my correction, my sons, for I speak to you as your father.  Let discernment enter your heart and you will grow wise with the understanding I impart. 2My revelation-truth is a gift to you, so remain faithful to my instruction. 3For I, too, was once the delight of my father and cherished by my mother—their beloved child. 4Then my father taught me, saying, “Never forget my words. If you do everything that I teach you, you will reign in life.” (Prov 1-4 TPT)

Just like Solomon was pleading to his child to heed his words and pay attention to his instructions and seek for wisdom like his life depends on it, so does God expect us to introduce our children to an understanding of Him and pass on to them the knowledge of him we have gained and encourage them to seek wisdom. Solomon’s father passed the knowledge to him and now he is urging his son to receive the same knowledge and live by them.

Legacy is important to God. Numerous times in the bible we see mention of generational transfer of the knowledge of God. In Deuteronomy 6:7-9, we see Moses admonishing the children of Isreal to write down Gods law and keep reciting them to their children

7Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates (Deut 6:7-9 NLT)

This scripture here in Deuteronomy is a strategy for parenting our children in the way of the Lord. We have a responsibility as parents to educate our children regarding their identity in Christ, principles for living as followers of God, and practices for deepening their relationship with God…etc. We are to serve as role models by exemplifying wisdom and integrity in our actions.

In Genesis 18:19, God said of Abraham that He knows he will teach his children about Him.

“For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.” (Gen 18:19 NIV)

We see a similar message in 2 Timothy 1:5 where Paul mentioned that he could see in Timothy the same faith that first existed in his grandmother and then in his mother in him.

“I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you”. (2Tim 1:5 NLT)

What legacy are you living for your children?

My desire and prayer for us today is that our children whether biological or those we have influence over will see God through us and desire to know Him personally, and that our lives/actions will encourage, not hinder, the next generation from coming to Christ in Jesus name. Amen

If you want to more on Proverbs 4, pls check out my previous post on this chapter here