It was late fall, if I can
remember correctly. Sitting in a room of
30 or 40 pastors who had been soaking up the heart of a champion that has been
a great mentor to me. There were stories
shared. Scripture was read and explained.
Woven within the days of our
time together were stories of brokenness and stories of victory. I recall one of those stories that drove home
the point of little with great integrity.
It was capped off with the conviction that wrapping our lives in the
verses of the Bible will keep us when nothing else will.
Jesus used Scripture when He
was tempted by Satan. We can do the
same. The word of God is powerful. It was that week way back in the mid 1990’s
that I was challenged to make reading the book of Proverbs part of every day
life.
The truth help within the 31
chapters of Proverbs will ring in your heart and in your mind and be found in
the words and actions that form the days of life that you share with God and
with the people around you. For me God
has brought many of those verses to mind when nothing else seem to come
up.
I am grateful for the
overflow of the Bible. I am grateful for
the wisdom that God’s word flows through our lives. I am grateful for the transformation that
verses of the Bible have brought to my life.
I am grateful for Scripture.
Yesterday was one of those
days where the verses of Proverbs
19 continued to ring in me, and I’d like to share some of those verses with
you as this day begins.
3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and
then are angry at the Lord.
8 To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who
cherish understanding will prosper.
17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—
and
he will repay you!
20 Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you
will be wise the rest of your life.
21 You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will
prevail.
23 Fear of the Lord leads to life, bringing security and
protection from harm.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you
will turn your back on knowledge.
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