SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/8/2013
10:21 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Wisdom
Perfects Our Path PT-1
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Proverbs
4:1-9
Message of the
verses: In Today’s Spiritual Diary
we will begin to look at chapter four of the book of Proverbs. “Wisdom Perfects Our Path” is the third main
point from the outline given in Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary on Proverbs.
Yesterday I began to put on the SD “Turning Points Wisdom”
and I will continue to do this. “Anger
is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to
the person on which it is poured.”
(Author Unknown” “For I know what
You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in
lovingkindness.” (Jonah 4:2b)
As Dr. Wiersbe begins his introductory commentary on this
third main point he states that Proverbs 4:18 is the key verse in the 4th
chapter of Proverbs, “But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.” As we walk in the light of God’s Word we will
continue to gain wisdom and the more we learn the brighter the light will
shine. I am not saying that life is not
tough at times, but if we continue to walk in the light then we will get
through the tough times and even learn from them, which will bring glory to our
Lord and Savior. Ephesians 2:10, one of
my favorite verses tells us that God has a plan for each of His children and as
we walk in the light of His Word, gaining wisdom then we will do the work that
God has given us to do all the way back in eternity past. Dr. Wiersbe concludes his introduction to
this section with these words, “Our path may not be an easy one, but it will
always be a fulfilling one as we walk in the will of the Father. This involves three responsibilities on our
part: knowing God’s Word (Proverbs 4:19), trusting God’s providence (vv.
10-19), and obeying God’s will (vv. 20-27).”
Knowing God’s Word
(vv. 1-9): “1 ¶ Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding, 2 For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. 3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the
only son in the sight of my mother, 4
Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;
5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away
from the words of my mouth. 6 "Do
not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
7 "The beginning of wisdom is:
Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. 8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She
will honor you if you embrace her. 9
"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present
you with a crown of beauty.’”
As
we look at the passage above we can see that Solomon was taught wisdom from His
father, and Solomon had a wonderful father to teach him for David wrote many of
the Psalms that also give us wisdom, and his name is mentioned many, many times
in the OT and even the NT as he was a very important person for the cause of
Christ. Believers today can teach their
children and also their grand-children many wonderful things about the Word of
God, and about life, but it is up to the children and grand-children to accept
what they are being taught. We can see
that from this passage that Solomon has a great desire for his son to learn
wisdom from the Word of God.
Wisdom
is seen as a beautiful loving woman and folly is seen as a prostitute who is
around to tempt us with her beauty, but her beauty will cause great trouble for
those who follow her. Dr. Wiersbe writes
on this subject the following, “In Proverbs, Wisdom is personified as a
beautiful woman who invites us to her lavish banquet, while Folly is the adulterous
or prostitute who temps us to poverty and death. The one you love is the one who will control
your life. Embrace Wisdom and you will
have security (4:6), honor (v8), and beauty (9).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I believe
that what can be learned from this section is that it is not enough to just
read the Word of God, but to think about it, memorize it, and meditate upon it
so that we can gain wisdom from it. It
is time consuming, but well worth it.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to stay in God’s Word in order to
continue to gain wisdom.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 121:1-4
1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains, from where
shall my help come? 2 My help comes from
the Lord who made heaven and earth. 3 He
will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither
slumber nor sleep.
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