Read Prov. 3:1-4
Verse one is the key that the Israelites kept forgetting to do. They were to remember the laws that God had given them and keep them in their heart. It is one thing to know what is right to do and do it, but another thing to obey from the heart. Obeying from the heart was what God was looking for and still is. It is foolish not to obey God's laws because obeying them come with the promise of a long peaceful life. All the money in the world cannot buy peace and longevity but it is ours for the choosing. And if we want mercy and truth (God's kindness and stability) to stay with us we must bind them to our neck and write them on the tablets of our heart. When I think of binding something about my neck, I think of putting on a necklace. I absolutely love jewelry and sometimes it takes longer for me to pick out my jewelry than my clothes. It has to complement my outfit which is what mercy and truth does. If we wear it in our hearts it will embellish our outward appearance also. Our bodies are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit which means we have all the instruments of the Tabernacle in us. We have a brazen altar where we go to God and repent of our sins and give him the sacrifice of our lives. We have a laver where we wash ourselves and renew ourselves through the water of His Word. We have a table of shew bread where we partake of Christ's body through the Word and through our sacrificed lives. We have a candlestick where the Holy Spirit is lit in our lives and he gives us insight and understanding. We have an altar of incense where we pray and our prayers are like incense and we have a Holy of Holies where the altar of God dwells in our life and we can come boldly before him in prayer. Inside this altar is our heart where God has written his words. God has taken the words he wrote on stone tablets and written them on the fleshly tables of our hearts.
Lord, may we bind your words and your ways about our hearts so that we might find favor and understanding in the sight of God and man.
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