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The Blessing of a Tranquil Heart Proverbs 14:30

1/16/2012

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A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. Proverbs 14:30

The heart is physically one of the most important organs of our body. If the heart is stopped the body will die. But what we read in today's proverb is not dealing with the physical heart. It speaks of the heart as the innermost region of our lives. The Hebrew mind looked at the heart as the central, spiritual, inward aspect of our souls. So when we look today at the issue of the heart and whether it is tranquil and strong - or whether it is tossed about and weak - means everything to the blessedness of the individual who struggles with issues of the heart.

The tranquil heart is the quiet one. What God is saying here is that this person's heart is strong and quiet. Their inner life is like the clear, mirror-like, state of the water in the early morning on a lake. This person's peace and calm is not disturbed by things that happen around it. The "soul-life" is strong and they can deal with problems and difficulties. There is an ultimate sense of peace here, because this one knows that God is sovereign over all things. They know they are in God's hand no matter what their circumstances look like. The Word of God is their comfort - and they will hold to it no matter what information in life seems to contradict it.

On the other hand there is a person who has "passion" in his life. The proverb tells us that this passion is like a rottenness in his bones. Things like jealousy, anger, over-zealousness, and envy run rampant in this one's heart. As a result there is no stability in him. These things run roughshod over his peace and contentment. There is a constant passion running wild within this man - almost pushing him from one extreme to another. And like a rottenness in his bones - he feels more and more like all stability and peace is gone from him.

One might wonder the source of such a peace. It is the knowledge of the gospel that brings us to peace with God. If there is peace between us and our God, then we are at peace with Him - and know peace in our souls. I've watched as strong believers have gone through the most trying of times, but they do so with tranquility. That is what the gospel of Jesus Christ looks like - and even more what it produces. If our sovereign God holds us and holds all the universe - we can trust Him.

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How God Views Violence - Proverbs 3:31-32

8/9/2011

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Do  not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright. Proverbs 3:31-32

Ours is a society that is enamored with violence.  We glorify it daily in our entertainment mediums - movies, television, magazines, books, and newspapers.  It is interesting that we also try to sit in judgment on cultures like Rome, saying that they were barbaric in their gladiator games and other forms of public violence.  Yet, if we were to look at what we do and how we consume it - there is little difference in our two cultures. 

God says not to envy a man of violence or to choose any of his ways.  The word for violence is very telling in this passage.  It is the word "hamas" in the Hebrew - and it means to do violence or wrong.  The word implies not just violence - but also cruelty, damage, and injustice as well.  We are to stay away from people who are like this - who are violent - and whose violence is manifested in being cruel, unjust, and in doing damage to that which belongs to others.

The reason some might "envy" this violent man is because of the gain that it brings him in the short term.  Think about the people who in history have gained money, influence, and power because of their violence.  Many of the world's most heinous dictators used violence to their advantage.  But Scripture tells us not to choose ANY of the violent man's ways.  This is because everything these men do is tainted by their violence.  This is why I've included verse 32 with verse 31.  There is another reason to reject the ways of the violent man - which is shown to us in verse 32.

The violent are also "devious."  The word devious here is the Hebrew word "luz" which means to be crooked or perverse.  God is telling us here that when a man is a violent man - he will also be a perverse or crooked man as well.  The idea behind this word is that being crooked and perverse is what a person is trusting in - as a way of walking through life.  This word is used in Scripture to describe those who are wicked, perverse, and who reject God.  They reject His ways - things like righteousness and truth - and choose instead to twist the truth to their advantage. 

When someone wants to trust devious and violent ways - they do not have a heart to seek God - or to learn from His Word.  They do not want to walk with Him.  That is why God says that these devious ones are an abomination to Him.  This is because they utterly reject Him and His ways.  We should also note the word, "for" that begins verse 32.  This links what is said here to the previous verse.  The devious are the violent ones - and the violent ones are those who function with a devious and God-rejecting mindset.  They choose violence and deceit because they do not want to trust God with their plans and purposes.  Since they do not have God's power at their disposal, they have to trust their own thinking (which is fatally flawed due to sin) and their own power. 

The last thing said in this verse is that God is "intimate" with the upright.  What a wonderful thought this is for us - that God is intimate with us when we walk in His ways and choose His paths.  The word "intimate" here actually means intimate counsel - and has the idea of being brought into a kind of inner circle where God shares His wisdom with us.  So God is promising us that if we reject the violence and deceit of this present world's ways - that God will bring us into the inner circle with Himself for the purpose of teaching us. 

This particular proverb is one we should consider - especially when we consider the way our current society is so enamoured with violence.  We see it in just about every form of entertainment we consume daily.  When there is not violence in a movie or television show - it is almost completely ignored.  We are inundated with violence - and the tendency is for this violence to more and more graphic in nature.  This is happening at a time when we are watching a corresponding decline in our desire for intimacy with God.  Is this just a coincidence - or - is it exactly what God is trying to get us to see in this proverb?    The more we embrace violence - the more we will embrace deception and a rejection of God and His ways.  The more we embrace violence - the less we will embrace God Himself - and with this we will also place a lesser value on the counsel of His Word.  May God bring to us a return to Him and a corresponding turn from loving violence.  Remember Jesus' name is the prince of peace - and His Word tells us, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."  (Matthew 5:9, NASB)
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The Death-Loving Ways of Sinners . . . Proverbs 1:11-14

10/1/2010

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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"  Proverbs 1:11-14

Here is the call of the sinners who want to entice the godly son to come with them.  Solomon has told his son do not consent to go with these young men.  Let's take a closer look at their enticements today and hopefully learn wisdom from seeing why doing what they say is not wise.

First we see that they want to lay in wait for some pour soul from whom they want to take their life and possessions.  They evidently have marked someone and have plans to rob them and either kill them or harm them pretty significantly.  A couple of things we should note from this.  First of all that these people are not the kind of crowd you want to frequent if you are seeking to set your ways rightly in God's sight.  There are some folks who spend a good portion of their lives looking for trouble.  Here they want to ambush some poor schlub who has no idea what is about to happen to him.  Second, they want to attack the "innocent."  This is never a good idea if we read what God thinks about harming innocent people. 

These evil men want to swallow people up - like death itself.  This is not too difficult to see since these people seem to be motivated by death and hell itself.  This reveals a condition in their hearts that is truly evil.  It is as if they embrace death itself. 

This speaks to much of our entertainment industry today.  There is a whole genre of films today that glory in violence and destruction.  It really should not shock us that the same kind of violence also is permeating our society as well.  For years I've believed that the company we keep in the movie industry also has a great deal of influence in our thinking.  Will we rise up and kill someone because we watched a movie - probably not.  But the problem becomes that we are more and more desensitized to violence and evil behavior.  Either way, it is not wise to keep the company of the wicked - or the films that they make.  Just as a principle for future use - Jesus is preoccupied with life.  If someone is preoccupied with death, destruction, the place of the dead, and the pit - probably not someone you need to hang out with in life.

 Here we see the true reason for their violence - greed.  They covet what their victims have - and desire to use it to make themselves wealthy.  Their worldly-mindedness shows itself in their desire to have money, to have wealth, to have houses filled with the spoil they gained from the destruction of anyone who had what they wanted.  Their greedy appetite will be their eventual undoing.  God's Word makes it clear that you shall not steal - and those who choose to do so - will not prosper but will eventually face the jugment of God against their actions.

The enticement for the unwise young man is that they will all have one lot - and when the plunder is theirs - one purse.  They are putting themselves together for a common cause as well as a common financial stake in all that they were going to do.  What is NOT being said here is that they will also wind up sharing a common end.  Since they have embraced violence and death - destruction and the pit - it is only fitting that they will also embrace those things as their common end as well.  This is not an exciting lifesyle (although it may seem that way here on this earth).  It is a destructive one that will end in the destruction of the one who is walking in it. 

Here we have seen the way of sinners.  We have seen the way of those who live for their wealth and schemes to take from others so that they can be rich.  We have seen those preoccupied with death and destruction.  And hopefully - as we continue in another day to see what Solomon has to say about how unwise it is to live this way - we will see how as they open their heart to pour out death and wickedness, they will find that wickedness is poured to overflowing into their hearts as well.  Here is the height of foolishness - may God give us grace that we will not fall into the company or the ways of such fools.  May instead He give us a heart of wisdom.
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Wanting Everything . . . Getting Nothing - Proverbs13:4

4/13/2010

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The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. Proverbs 13:4

The sluggard is always wanting and never getting.  His life is a series of desires and cravings for everything under the sun.  He craves and speaks of all the things he wants - but does nothing to actually obtain them.  If someone gives them to him he is happy for a moment or two.  That happiness is soon replaced with another craving, though, and he returns to his world of constantly wanting something else.  In all his wanting though, he never lifts himself up to the level of work and labor.  These things would open his life up to actually seeing things happen.  He is lazy and undisciplined and therefore he never attains to things.  The proverb tells us that he gets nothing.  His hands are always empty - first they are empty of work and labor - and in the end they are empty of any real productivity and products.  He is a sad soul - doubly empty.

The soul of the diligent man is fat.  He works hard and labors diligently at the things he wants.  He allows desire to prod him to work and labor.  Thus his desires and wants become more than just a craving that taunts him.  He uses those desires to spur him to action - first action of the mind - and then action of life.  He works hard - and at the end of the day has something to show for it.  If not his actual goals - he has the satisfaction that he is one day closer to seeing them realized.  Along the way his soul gets fatter.  His mind is filled with thought of how to do things better, quicker, with greater quality and skill.  Along the way his will is set to do what is before him.  Along the way his emotions are kept in check - not dominating his life with unmet cravings and the whirlwhind of emotions they bring - but with excitment about what is coming as his work yields true rewards.  Even before he gets what he is working for - his soul remains fat with the good things that come from hard work and industry. 

One craves and is wracked by the unmet cries of his cravings.  He is starving to death physically, emotionally, and mentally as he has nothing to show for doing nothing.  The other is working toward something good - and all along the way good comes to him.  It is far better to be working toward something than to be only craving what you will never get.
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Envying Growling Hearts? Proverbs 24:1-2

2/24/2010

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Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2 For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble. Proverbs 24:1-2

There are certain things that are repeated in Proverbs - certain aspects of life - certain issues that require reminders.  One of those areas is the one addressed in these two verses.  We need to beware of envying the wicked.  But why would we envy them?  One of the best places to grasp why is in Psalm 73 where the Psalmist temporarily lost his footing while envying the wicked. 

We envy wicked men because in this world their lives seem to be much easier and better.  Often wicked men are successful in this age.  Some achieve this because they cheat, steal, and claw their way to the top.  Others just set their hearts on this world and what it offers - and don't take no for an answer till they have what they want.  The psalmist looked at their lives and wondered why things were like this - how come the wicked seem to be catching all the breaks?  The answer he came to only arrived when he went into the sanctuary and remembered God.  Remembering God and the end of things brought sanity back to the psalmist.  He considered the end of such men.  They fell all at once - and their fall was often spectacular.  They were consumed in an instant by death - and what awaits them beyone the grave is true, absolute justice.  After seeing such horrific sights in God's presence the Psalmist decided it was better to serve God without all the worldly success - than to be evil, successful now - but ultimately impoverished and destroyed.

God forbids jealousy toward evil men.  Jealousy is easy when you see the successes here and now of the wicked.  Their lives seem to be paved with butter and pastries.  They have things we'd like to have - they have pleasures we think we would want.  But God forbids this.  When we become envious of the wicked - we start to want what they have.  We think they have it made.  Then we decide to hang around them because we like their stuff - their lifestyle - their buttered steps.  Spiritual reality tells a different story though.  The things they have that we want - how many of those things are the will of God for us?  Men look at the playboy - or more recently the bachelor - and think, "Man, I'd love to have all those women fawning over me!"  We look at the rich and famous and think, "If only I could have their wealth, their fame, their stuff - then I'd be happy." 

Here's a truth to remember - even they are not happy!  They have their emptiness.  At the highest point of my life in sin - I would come home from the parties - from the sex - from the pinacle of popularity and turn my face to the wall at night and long for something real.  I would call out to God - asking Him to take away the emptiness of my heart.  But here is another truth to remember - the more we look at them - and focus our thoughts and desires on what they have - the more we feed our flesh.  In time, we will walk away from God, thinking that if we had a little of what they have - we'd be better off - happier.  Oh, the devastation that comes from learning otherwise. 

I'm sure David thought that a night with the lovely Bathsheba would spice up his life.  Samson proabably figured that a new relationship with that fox named Delilah is just what he needed to shake things up a bit.   Absalom probably thought that being in charge himself would make his life better.  Ahab figured that if he could just get Ahab's great garden spot he'd be content.  Finally, Judas probably figured that he had those 30 pieces of silver coming to him after following Jesus 3 years - Jesus didn't seem to be offering a pay raise any time soon!  Envying the wicked, their lifestyle and their stuff will get you into a load of trouble - because that's usually where they're headed - for trouble.

Verse 2 here puts it bluntly to us.  Their minds are working to devise violence - the word for mind here is the Hebrew "leb" which speaks of the heart.  The Jewish concept of the mind is that it flows from the workings of our heart - our innermost desires.   What a great picture is painted for us by the words used here.

Devise is "hagah" and it means to growl, sigh, or mutter.  It spoke figuratively of the meditation of the mind.  In the wicked mind we hear growling.  What are they growling about?  We learn that their growling has to do with violence.  The word here means violence, destruction - and is used to describe violence and havoc as social sins.  This makes more sense to us when we put two and two together biblically.  The evil man is living out the desires of his heart.  His heart is given to himself and to the world and its desires.  What he wants - he goes after - and he is absolutely committed to getting.  Now take this reality and put it in the context of James chapter 4.  "What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you?  Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?  You lust and do not have; so you commit murder.  You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel."  (James 4:1-2, NASB)

The evil man growls violence in his meditations because he cannot have what he wants - what he is lusting after - so he is willing to do violence (does not have to just be physical, could be moral as he does unethical things) to get them.  This is the modus operadi for the evil man.  Also his lips talk of trouble.  Here is another interesting word in the Hebrew that describes the inner working of the evil man.  Trouble is the word "amal" and it means something troubling.  What is meant is that the evil man is constantly speaking of causing trouble.  This guy is headed for trouble - and you hear him speak of it a lot.  If you hang "with" him - you may "HANG" with him. 

Evil men exist.  One of the facts of life is that there are those who are looking for trouble - and who cause it in life.  What is fascinating is that we cannot relegate this to a socio-economic status or race.  There are poor and rich alike - people of every racial background who just seem to breed trouble with their actions and attitudes.  Some of these people can also have a life that may look glamourous and exciting on the outside - but beware - to travel with them or envy their outward status will only lead you into the same trouble and disaster.  Better to steer clear of having them as close friends - or of desiring what they have.  In the end - what they have is a coming disaster.  Ask David - question Samson and Absalom - queerie Judas on this one.  They'll all have the same answer - guard your heart!
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"Lifestyles of the Fearing and Faithful" - Proverbs 23:17-18

11/23/2009

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 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the Lord always. 18 Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:17-18

Ever look at the prosperity of sinners and the ungodly with the wrong set of eyes?  Here's what I mean . . . it is difficult to miss the the wicked and ungodly are many times prosperous in this present world.  It is also difficult to see sinners experiencing instant gratification for their sinning.  Too often Christians want to keep this a secret - and not acknowledge such things.  But the fact is that these things exist - and that we will have to see them as we walk through this world.  The problem comes not with their existence, but rather with those times when we look at them with the wrong set of eyes.

The proverb begins, "Do not let your heart envy sinners . . . "  This command would not be given to us if there were not a danger of us doing just that, envying sinners.  The whole reason for celebrity magazines is to help mankind to envy sinners.  The reason for the old show - "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" is to have us envy those who live that way.  But the Word of God warns us - don't envy them.  What is the counsel we receive from God's Word?  Don't envy sinners - don't let your heart be drawn to love what they love - but live in the fear of Jehovah always! 

Our lives are to be lived in the fear of Jehovah - in the fear of the Lord.  How do we do this?  We do it by learning wisdom from God's Word - and then allowing the Word to be the primary influence on our desires and direction in life.  That Word warns us about the transitory nature of riches - as well as the fact that to whom much is given, much is required.  We are warned about sexual immorality in precept and in example.  The Word tells us to guard our hearts against the harlot - then gives us a front row seat to the destruction of the strongest man in history by the fleeting lies of free sex - or sex without responsibility.  We watch David as he turns from the Word to his own fleshly desires.  What seems tantalizing at first becomes a nightmare of lies, deception, and cover-ups later.  Then the real price is paid - several times over and literally thousands of times more than his brief pleasure - as daughters are raped, sons die, and an entire nation is thrown into disarray.  Yeah - think after watching several episodes of "The Lives of the Judged and Jaded," I think I've been convinced that living in the fear of the Lord always is the better choice!

But before we are left with only His judgments to learn from (which actually should be sufficient for us to learn wisdom) we are given a wonderful promise from the Lord Whom we are to fear.  When we live in the fear of the Lord - surely there is a future!

The word future is so instructive!  The word for "future" is "acharith" and it means, "the after-part or the latter end."  The Lord is saying to us, "Look at the end of these things!  Note and learn from the end of the matter."  We are not to focus on the immediate moment when making a decision.  Honestly, that is what often gets us in trouble.  We look at the chocolate chip cookie sitting on the cookie sheet - wafting out its promise of a "toll-house" moment of pleasure - not realizing the "toll" is higher than we think until we step on the scales.  (I know this routine all too well - those cookies call to me like the Sirens of Odysseus)  Wisdom is seeing the end from the beginning - to see the consequences ahead of time.  When we see them in our mind's eye and heart - we avoid choices that will leave us shipwrecked and without a future. 

That in the promise - we will have a future - a desired latter-end in life.  We'll make choices that may hurt now - but in the end we will be blessed!  When we do this we will see that our hope will not be cut off.  This is the problem with envying sinners and allowing their short-termed blessing to guide us into making a choice like theirs.  We learn only later that the short-termed blessings of sin leave us with long-term problems.  There is no long-term hope in sinful actions.  There is no future in sin - ask anyone in hell. 

One last encouragement . . . when sinners flaunt their envious position in the present moment . . . when they try to entice you to join them, don't do it.  Don't envy their short-lived adventagious position.  They are standing on a fault line of judgment.  Sooner or later there is going to be an earthquake from which they cannot escape.  Their ground is shifting sand and their house is going to fall.  In that moment of temptation remind them of their latter end - man . . . remind yourself of your own latter end if you follow their example.  There is a future - a hope.  Go to the last book and read of "The Lifestyles of the Happy and Heaven-bound." 
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