Read: Pr. 4-6
God’s doctrine is His instruction and teaching. To receive it brings great blessings to us. Solomon learned from his father, David how to love the Lord and obey him. Wisdom comes through experience and understanding comes through observation. The path of God leads to a life of grace and glory. To go our own way causes us to stumble. The path of the wicked leads to sleepless nights and mischief. In the Hebrew, mischief means to spoil by breaking in pieces; to be good for nothing; morally bad; to break down; do harm. We have all experienced these symptoms of going our own way but the wicked lives in this state continually. The path of the just - the man who lives according to God’s Word is as the shining light that gets brighter and brighter each day. Salvation and sanctification are a process.
I have always loved the verse: “Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” In the Hebrew it means to guard your feelings like a prison guard would watch over his prisoners because what you allow your heart to love is what will issue out of it. If you love violence or being famous or noticed then everything you do will be formed out of those emotions. Mentally weigh the path you take in your walk through life.
In Proverbs five, Solomon instructs the young man to stay devoted to his wife and not be tempted to stray to another man’s wife. Solomon had 600 wives but I don’t think he stole any of them from another man. He learned from his father’s sin. Remember, Solomon was Bathsheba’s son.
In Proverbs six, Solomon gives us instructions about how to right a wrong we have done. If we promise something we can’t deliver then we should go to that person and ask to be set free from the promise instead of just not returning their calls. He reminds us to observe the ant. It takes responsibility for his own well-being and doesn’t expect someone else to do his work. No welfare in the ant hill!
Solomon gives us the things God hates and it all has to do with deception. No wonder…Satan is the father of lies.
Lord, help us to bind your words to our heart.
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