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Sweet Sleep!  Proverbs 3:21-26

5/15/2018

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Proverbs 3:21-26  My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion,  So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.  Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble.  When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;  For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught.
 
If you have ever lost a night's sleep due to fear or worry, you know what a blessing it is to have a sense of security and peace as you go to bed.  That is what God promises to those who base their lives upon His wisdom and Word.  Since so many have trouble sleeping, let’s take a closer look at what God says will bring us a sleep that is sweet.
 
To get the full story on God’s secure, sweet sleep you need to go back as far as verse 21.  The first thing we learn is that we need to keep sound wisdom and discretion with us.  Solomon uses the picture of wearing such things like a necklace around your neck.  What are these things?  Sound wisdom is a word that means to have wisdom that is applied to your life.  This applied, sound, wisdom brings a continuing success in walking in God’s ways.  Added to this is discretion, which means to have a purpose or plan that guides you in all that you do.  It refers to having a worldview or a plan for life that is based on the wisdom of God’s Word.  How do you get such things – this sound wisdom and life plan or purpose?  You get them by being often in God’s Word – reading and learning from God to see things the way that He sees them.  Thus the Word of God and the wisdom of God become not just a quick answer to a question.  You get the answer then move on to life on your own.  No, this sound wisdom is a lifestyle of following after God and His Word. 
 
The result of this is blessings on the inside, thus the comment on our soul receiving life.  When we hold fast to God’s wisdom there is a life given to our soul.  Our mind, will, and emotions are helped by God’s wisdom.  Our mind is instructed, our will commanded, and our emotions are quieted by God’s wisdom.  These are all things that would help contribute to sweet sleep.  There are also outward blessings.  The concept of the neck is interesting.  When someone is “stiff-necked” the Bible is referring to him or her being disobedient and rebellious.  When others are honored – they are said to receive a necklace around their neck.  This was a symbol either of victory or of authority.  There are also promises of walking in our lives safely and not stumbling as we walk.  Having such promises again help to encourage a sense of security and safety with God guiding our lives. 
 
The next verse is our focus verse – promising sleep that is sweet.  This happens to us because we are no longer “afraid.”  This is an interesting word (pahad) and it means to be in dread or a bad sense of awe of something or someone.  Deuteronomy 28:66 uses this word in the following context.
 
“So your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you will be in dread night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.  "In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning!' because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see.”  Deuteronomy 28:66-67
 
This “dread” is because you have “no assurance of your life.”  This speaks of someone who thinks that blind fate is responsible for whatever happens next.  Someone sees the difficulties and disasters of this present world and as a result have no confidence – so much so that they dread when morning comes, wishing instead that it were evening – or wishing is was morning when it is evening.  For the person who doesn’t understand God’s omniscience (knowing all things) and omnipotence (power over all things) and loving providence – life is terrifying.  And that dread and terror makes it difficult for them to sleep at night. 
 
Isaiah 33 also speaks of this kind of fear and dread.
 
“You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might."  Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. "Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?"  He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;  He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.” Isaiah 33:13-16
 
God speaks to Isaiah about sinners who are terrified about being confronted by God.  They will not submit to Him – and as a result they eventually see that they shall stand before Him and give an account of their lives.  This makes them tremble – because they have not chosen righteousness.  Yet God’s word to the righteous is that they will dwell on the heights – with God as refuge – and with Him as an impregnable rock for their protection.  Peace with God is something that people mock, and yet it should never be underrated. Knowing peace with God gives one a peace that according to the New Testament “surpasses understanding.” 
 
What gives us sweet sleep in life?  God has revealed that it is not a pill or some secret meditation or calming that is self-taught and self-empowered.  Instead it is the wisdom of God infusing the soul.  It is God’s Word in meditation and contemplation, giving us God’s perspective as well as keeping us in His way.  There is no source that can rival a peace one has from Him.  It is a peace that cannot be taken away by earthly powers.  It is the kind of peace that allows us to sleep sweetly in the arms of His love because we know He watches over us.  We sleep sweetly because we know that even death itself cannot separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus.  Such confidence breeds contentment.  Such contentment breeds peace.  Such peace results in sweet sleep. 

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Two Paths Diverged in Life - and Taking the Wise One Made All the Difference

4/10/2018

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Proverbs 2:20-22  So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it; But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it. 

One of the things that I like most about the wisdom that comes from studying Proverbs is that it both warns and encourages.  This wonderful collection of wise sayings not only warns us of ungodly ways and people — and calls us to avoid them.  It also encourages us to live positively — to both know godly good people and to follow in their footsteps.  That is what we have here in the 3 verses that wrap up chapter 2.

Earlier in this chapter we were told that wisdom would deliver us from the evil man and the strange (adulterous or sexually impure) woman.  It is wise to know what evil looks like — acts like — thinks like — and therefore know what to avoid.  But here in the wrap-up of the chapter we see that God also tells us that wisdom will help us “walk in the way of good men” as well as “keep to the paths of the righteous.”

There is a walk that the good man has.  It is a walk that here is spoken of as a lifestyle.  The word “derek” which we’ve come to know throughout the Proverbs refers to a way of walking or a lifestyle is used here.  It is referred to as the lifestyle of “good men.”  This word good is one anyone would want to be descriptive of their life.  The is the Hebrew word “tob” which means to have a happy lifestyle, a pleasing lifestyle, a loved lifestyle, and a favored lifestyle.  The good man walks in the sight of God, seeking to please and honor Him by walking in HIs wisdom, which we’ve come to know is seeing things as God sees them.  This good man experiences God’s joy, love, and favor because of this.  This is also referred to as walking in “paths of the righteous.”  This is simply walking in a path of life where we do what is right as God reveals to us what is right.  When we live this way we will experience God’s blessing in our lives rather than His punishment.

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The father/teacher reminds his son of the two paths that are available for people to take in life.  This was a theme that is throughout Scripture.  We can choose obedience or disobedience.  We can choose submission or rebellion.  The two paths lay before us  as we see God and His ways.  We can either choose to live “upright,” which means to walk straight in God’s paths - not diverging from His way - OR - we can choose to be wicked - choosing a life that is unfaithful to God and therefore described as very evil.  But the father/teacher wisely informs his son/pupil of the consequences of such choices.  The evil way is pictured as a tree being first cut down and then uprooted so that there is no remnant of it around.  That is the future for the one who chooses to be unfaithful to God.  Even when we cannot see it immediately in this life, the fact is that there will be a day where the wicked will be utterly cut off for all eternity.  The one who chooses the good way will stretch out and rest in the land.  That is what is meant by the phrase “live in the land.”  The godly person will also remain in the land.  The word for remain is interesting.  It is Hebrew word “yathar” and it means to jut out over - which meant to exceed or to abound.  The word came to mean a situation in which so much abundance existed that it almost was too much.  The man who walks in godly wisdom will have so much of God’s favor and goodness in his life that he will think it almost too much.  “God You are blessing me beyond my ability to contain it all!”

Someone might say after reading this, “But often I see the ungodly seeming to prosper right now — and the godly dealing with difficult times?  If God has promised super-abounding blessing, I sure don’t see it.”  Here is where we need to grasp the eternal perspective rather than one that dwells only in the here and now.  We live on this earth maybe 70-80 years (if that long) and then it is over in this life.  The Word of God reminds us that after this life is over — there is eternity either in God’s presence or in hell.  For the wicked this means he is living on infinitely borrowed time.  For the godly, wise man this means that at the very worst — he will have a few moments of difficulty and sorrow before everlasting joy and happiness in God’s presence.  And to be perfectly honest with you - I know of people who have little and what little they have is experienced in difficulty.  Yet they know joy that cannot be measured by an abundance of stuff — or even having an easily lived life.  I also know of those who have had abundance and riches — an easy life — and who search, even in the midst of their abundance, for just a little true joy and find little to none.  To know God and the wisdom of God is far better than riches, abundance, a life of ease, or anything else.  For the light and momentary problems of this life (and remember Paul was referring to things like public floggings and shipwrecks) cannot compare to the eternal weight of glory that awaits us in His presence for all eternity.

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Opening Dad's Treasure Chest! - Proverbs 2:6-7

4/9/2018

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Proverbs 2:6-7  For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.  He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity.

I can still remember when I first opened my father’s military trunk from the army.  As I wiped off the dust and opened the latches on the big green U.S. Army foot locker my eyes were wide with wonder and awe at the old pictures, the Japanese flag, and the trinkets and treasures he brought home from Japan.  It was as if I had an instant connection with him as I looked through the items and asked him what they were and the stories behind them.  As he shared with me I wanted to soak up all I could from 1st Lieutenant Leroy Lawrence.  I still have this trunk to this day.  After he passed it was the item that seemed to always forge an instant connection with my dad.

How would you like to have a huge trunk from your Father in heaven filled with all the information you need to walk through life successfully?  How would you respond to an offer from God for a treasure trove of highly practical knowledge on how to live a safe, productive, life that is ever moving forward toward worthwhile goals?  This is what God promises - along with a promise of HIs protection for you in Proverbs 2:6-7.

In verse 7 the father, who is instructing his son, begins to speak of the benefits and blessings that come from having a heart that desires wisdom. He has taught his son to listen to him because he is offering him wisdom and understanding.  The dad makes it clear in verse 6 that this wisdom and understanding does not come from him as the source.  Jehovah is the One who gives wisdom.  It is when He speaks that knowledge and understanding flow to us.  All dads would be wise to remember this and to liberally season their instruction to their sons with the Word of God.

What are the benefits that dad offers to his son?  First of all when we turn to God and His Word for wisdom we will find that God begins storing up sound wisdom for us.  The words “stores up” are the Hebrew word “saphan” which means to hide away resources.  The idea here is that of God filling a treasure chest for us.  What is He putting into it?  Sound wisdom is being put there.  This sound wisdom (tushiyyah) is a highly practical knowledge and understanding of things that will ensure success in God’s sight if followed.  It ensures success when walking in God’s way - we will advance when following it.  This is the treasure trove which God has for us as we learn His Word and desire His wisdom.  What a wonderful thing to know that as we read, study, and treasure up His Word in our hearts - there are riches of wisdom and understanding that are being deposited into us for current or latter use.  We are insuring our future spiritual growth as well as the leadership and guidance we will need to navigate a world that is becoming increasingly difficult to traverse.

There is a second benefit to hearing and having wisdom in our hearts and lives.  When we seek God for it - and listen when He gives it - we can be assured He is forging an ever growing shield that protects us as we walk through life.  If you have yet to experience it, you will one day find that walking in wisdom will shield you from many things that would damage or even destroy your life.  Paul spoke of this in Ephesians 6 when he mentioned the “shield of faith” which can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Faith in the Word of God - that what it says is true and worthy of emulation - is what protects us.  In a word - wisdom - is what protects us.

These things are for the one who is upright. The one who walks in a straight path, ever quick to listen and to follow God’s directions and directives!  It is also for those who walk in integrity.  The word means - completeness - as in one who completely surrenders to God and is completely obedient to God’s commands.  These things are the things God is storing up for us when we pursue a life of wisdom from Him.

There is a second trunk I have come to treasure in my life.  The second trunk is not visible.  It is a storage chest of highly practical wisdom that God keeps deep within my heart and mind.  There it can be opened whenever I need to know the right way to go in decisions large and small.  It is filled with all the wonderful lessons I’ve learned as I’ve applied myself to read, study, and understand God’s Word.  Such a treasure is not stagnant - but growing and expanding - even as I grow and expand my knowledge of what God has said - and Who He is.  It is always there, ready to be opened, so that I can receive the counsel I need in that moment and walk in a manner pleasing to the Lord.  May you be blessed to open His Word daily and by that choice - open the treasure chest of your heart so that God may fill it to overflowing with His Word - His wisdom - and with practical understanding of His way.

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You Deserve an Award for Listening to Dad! - Proverbs 1:8-9

4/3/2018

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Proverbs 1:8-9  Hear, my son, your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching; indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head and ornaments about your neck.
 
Proverbs is a book that promises us wisdom if we will heed its instructions.  After describing for us in 7 very pointed verses what wisdom truly is (and we learn that it is to fear and obey God), we then turn to the first section in which practical instruction is given.
 
It would be wise for us to see what issues will dominate this instruction for the first 10 chapters.  The primary issues will be as follows: 
 
  • Developing a heart that loves God’s wisdom.
  • Rejecting a foolish lifestyle of self-indulgence.
  • Recognizing evil men who will seek to get you to follow them.
  • Seeing through schemes involving a promise of easy money.
  • Seeing through the lure of illicit sexual activity.
 
These are the recurring themes that fill the early chapters of Proverbs.  There is instruction about them and warnings against living foolishly for them.  That is the early roadmap for our journey toward becoming a wise and understanding man or woman.
 
What do we immediately see as we begin our journey?  We see that hearing what your father and mother have to say is very important to becoming a wise person.  This, of course, is understanding the assumption of the Scriptures, which is that father and mother are reading, obeying, and then instructing their children in the Law of God.  They are to teach it in the home, as they sit together, as they lay down in bed at night, and even as they are on the way wherever they go.  Hearing dad and mom is vitally important. 
 
The word “hear” means to listen to them with a view towards obedience.  Dad is to instruct and mom is to teach.  The dad’s role is to instruct applying discipline to the child.  Since foolishness is bound up in the heart of every child of Adam, there is a need to instruct and discipline the child to put away unwise (unbiblical) behavior and choices and to learn obedience to God.  Dads are to direct their children in the way they are to go.  This means first of all that dad is walking in this way – and that by example as well as precept, he is teaching and leading his children to live a godly, disciplined life as he himself is doing.  Mom’s role is to teach.  The word used here is “torah” and it means taking the dictates of the Law or in this case the rules of the family and teaching them to the children to grasp the how and why of them.  We should note that the one who wants to become wise is admonished not to ignore dad as he speaks – or to forget what mom teaches about how and why the family lives this way. 
 
This was, as still is, God’s wisdom for parents.  This was long before the world developed “child-rearing” experts who would contradict the Scriptures – with their degrees as their authority.  I am not against reading books on child rearing.  I am against following foolish counsel when it directly contradicts the Scriptures.  It doesn’t matter how many degrees are listed after a person’s name – if they counsel parents to ignore or contradict the Word of God – they are counseling foolishness that will have disastrous affects on children and families.  Some would assert that many of the families in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a mess – and I would agree with them.  Their history is not given to us as examples of perfect parenting.  Often they are just the opposite – they are examples of what happens when we ignore them – as they did.  We see consequences – many of which were passed down for generations. 
 
There are rewards promised for those who do hear dad and mom’s godly instruction and teaching.  Two things are mentioned – a graceful wreath and ornaments about one’s neck.  Let’s look at these rewards for a moment.
 
The Graceful Wreath – The word used here means a wound wreath of leaves that was worn on the head.  It was usually worn as a sign of honor or achievement.  It is called a “graceful” wreath because is speaks first and foremost of God’s grace and favor on a person’s life – but can also include favor with others as well.  Hearing a godly dad and not forgetting the things a godly mom has taught you will bring God’s favor into your life.  It will mean you are under God’s favor as you choose to live wisely.  Such wise living will also usually garner the favor of others as they watch and eventually want to emulate the wise way you live – and know the favor of God that is with you.
 
The Neck Ornaments – Necklaces were a sign of love as well as a sign of authority.  They were often given to express love toward one either in a family or, in the case of marriage, to those you wanted to become family.  They were also given as a sign of authority as both Joseph and Daniel received them from the king when they were elevated to a place of great authority.  When we hear dad’s instruction and heed mom’s teaching – we will find that God’s love will be poured out on us in our obedience.  Not only will love be a reward – but a very real authority and power will also be ours if we listen.  We will be able to resist evil men, immoral men and women, schemes that will promise riches and deliver poverty.  Rather than be too weak to stand – we will be strengthened with inner power to stand against such things. 
 
There are very real benefits to hearing dad and not forgetting what mom taught us.  But there is even a blessing for those who do not have godly parents like this.  The blessing is to listen to God as He instructs you through a book that is the instruction manual they should have used.  He intended it for dads and mom’s to use – but it is also beneficial for those who lacked parental teaching and need to know how to live a life of wisdom.  

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Stupidity and the Sovereign Self - Proverbs 12:15

5/8/2017

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Proverbs 12:15  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.  

      Ever since the fall of man, it has been a tendency of men to think that they are right.  It was one of the curses that came with the choice to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  That choice involved receiving the lie of the serpent who asked, “Did God say.”  That question when owned by man placed a horrific malignancy of thought in his head.  In the mind of man God had been the ultimate Sovereign over truth.  Truth was indeed (as it still is today) what God has said.  From that moment forward man chose to decide for himself what was right and wrong.  God’s Word was either twisted to make man think God did not have the best in mind - or it was denied altogether in favor of a new sovereign, man himself.  

      The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.  That is how this proverb begins.  It is the fool who lifts his own thinking and reasoning to be sovereign in his own life.  Yet that is what was left after the fall.  Man, in rebellion to God, would choose his own truth and seek to live by it.  He would live by that truth until his moral choices came into conflict with it.  Then man would decide upon a new truth - or at least one more in line with what he wanted to do.  The degeneracy of man’s moral code was set in a downward path from that moment forward.  If one questions this it should be noted that it took just 10 chapters for man to become so evil and for his imaginations to run riot with wickedness that God destroyed mankind and started over with Noah and his family.  Too many fools considered their own way right in their own eyes and society itself was unraveled and destroyed.  So goes the historical cycle when man decides he will be sovereign over his own life and his own moral choices.  

      A wise man is he who listens to counsel.  No longer is man sovereign over his own truth.  No longer does man think that what he sees and desires with his eyes is perfectly fine and morally good.  Remember that the lust of the eyes is one of the threefold foundations of a worldly mindset.  So a wise man does not consider himself his own moral arbiter.  He considers that a selfish viewpoint is flawed because he himself, being sinful, is flawed at his core.  Because of this trusting himself as to the rightness of his own path at all times is utter foolishness.  Therefore he turns to counsel to consider his own way.  Now, knowing that the Word of God in Psalm 1 says that the blessed man is the one who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, but instead delights himself in the Law of the Lord and meditates on that Law day and night, it is easy for us to know the “chief counsel” of the wise man.  That source of counsel is God Himself - and His revelation of Himself and His will in His Word.  The “eyes” he relies upon are those Which see all things and the Mind which knows all things, and the Moral Compass which is always true and right.  He seeks the wise and understanding counsel of the Lord.  That is what turns a man from a fool into a wise man - He listens to the counsel of the Lord.  
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The Wisdom of Holding Your Tongue! - Proverbs 10:19

3/30/2017

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Proverbs 10:19   When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise. 
 
When God gives us wisdom, it is amazing to see how often it involves our mouths and the words we speak.  Here we learn that fools talk too much, but the wise and prudent person restrains the number of his words. 
 
When we speak many words – transgression is unavoidable.  What an astounding statement to make.  The more we speak, the less likely we are to measure and weigh our words enough to make sure that we do not sin against a person – and more importantly God Himself.  Later in the book of James we hear the admonition, “Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” (James 1:19)  Moses would affirm this as it was his words spoken in anger that kept him from entering the promised land.  Measured and weighed words are wise words.  The more of them we speak – the more likely our sin nature will be expressed in them.  Thus the greater volume of words – the more likely there will be ones spoken that are sinful. 
 
The word “transgression” is an interesting word to use in this proverb.  Transgression is the Hebrew word “pasha” which means a rebellion or revolt – a breaking with authority.  The idea is that of breaking with God and His perfect and absolute truth and wisdom.  Instead we speak and within those words we depart from what He says.  In a verse that promises us prosperity, God says to Joshua to not let God’s Word depart from his mouth.  This is true when speaking with men and with God.
 
In a wonderful reminder of being careful what we speak before God, Solomon says this in the book of Ecclesiastes. 

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil. Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.  For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words. 
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 (NASB)

We are warned here as well as in Proverbs 10 that many words – even in the presence of God – are not wise.  Our first impulse in God’s presence should be to listen rather than to speak or, as Solomon puts it, “offer the sacrifice of fools.”  This is not saying that we should not pour out our hearts before God – for we are enjoined to do that in the Scriptures.  The wise man though, measures his words before speaking them. 
 
The last part of our Proverb for today says that he who holds his tongue is wise.  I cannot count the times that I myself have thought that if I had only chosen to say nothing my situation would be much better.  That sentiment has been echoed to me by countless others who have paid a high price realizing that once words are spoken they cannot be taken back.  We can ask for forgiveness for careless words – but the sting of their hurt cannot be altered.  If the pain of foolish words is not enough of a warning to us to avoid them, we should then remember the words of our Lord Himself on this matter.  Jesus said this about careless words,

"But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.  For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37 (NASB)
 
We will give an account for the words we speak.  That should remind us to speak fewer of them unless necessary.  As a godly man once told me, “It is better to be quiet and have everyone wonder if you are wise or not, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt that you are not." 

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How to Guarantee a Harvest

3/15/2017

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Proverbs 10:5  He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

     At first glance this looks like a common proverb concerning agrarian matters – or something along the lines of an admonition about hard work.  Let’s begin our look at this proverb in this way. 
 
       Anyone in agriculture will agree that there are only certain times when a person can plant, grow, cultivate, and harvest crops.  The wise farmer takes this into account when planning when to work and when to take his leisure.  Summer is the time for a farmer – or in this case his son – to work hard at producing a crop.  The words used here are interesting though.  One does not gather in the summer.  One usually is working hard in the field on things like weed control or maybe some type of irrigation if the growing year is particularly dry.  Yet God is saying to us that a person who is gathering in the summer is acting wisely.  Here is the lesson for us.  Summer is a time when the sun is hot – and it is easy to slack off in our work.  But it is a very important time for the farmer.  It is when the crop is being watched.  It is when the farmer is showing great care on matters such as weed and pest control – and drought.  Working at this time is exhausting and hard.  But – it is also a time where if you do what you are supposed to do – you will guarantee a harvest. 
 
      The word “wisely” here is the Hebrew word “sakal” which means to act with prudence, insight, and understanding.  For the wise son – he sees hard work – even hot, difficult work.  But what he also sees is work that WILL be rewarded if he sticks with it. He may have to remind himself that the hard work now pays off later in the harvest. 
 
             The second part of the proverb speaks of the shame coming to the son who sleeps during harvest time.  The word sleep here indicates a deep sleep – even a sleep with snoring.  The harvest is crucial to a farmer.  He MUST work hard and gather the harvest because if he does not, there is great risk of having it rot on the vine or stalk.  There is a risk of losing it all if he does not work hard to gather it.  A son who leaves all the work to his father is a truly shameful son.  What we learn from the proverb on the surface level is that there are only certain times when work can be done – and it is a wise person who works hard during those times.  The one who decides to be lazy, undisciplined, and slothful in those times is a fool.  There is great value in hard work – and that value is only increased when the one working realizes the times when applying yourself to the work is even more important. 
 
              It would be a disservice to not mention the spiritual parallels that this proverb has with the New Testament call for us to be involved in a spiritual harvest.  In Luke 10 and John 4, Jesus reminds His disciples that the fields are white unto harvest spiritually – and that we are to cry out to God that He would send out laborers into His harvest fields.  You see, now is the summertime and harvest for men and women to be cultivated for the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Now is the acceptable time to go forth weeping, sowing our precious seed – knowing that we will surely come again rejoicing with our sheaves (i.e. those whom we’ve seen God draw and save as a result of our obedience).  To be asleep spiritually in this – or any generation is a shameful thing.  We should be working with our Lord – sowing the gospel among those who are lost.  We should be speaking to them and praying for them that the wicked one would not blind their eyes to the glory of God in the face of Christ.  We should be laboring in the Lord’s vineyard knowing that a harvest is coming if we do not faint.  Oh to be the wise, prudent sons who see the end from the beginning and labor to rescue those shoes sins will destroy them.  Oh to be about the work of sharing Jesus with the lost so that a glorious harvest of righteousness, peace, and men and women who are born again may be gathered on that wonderful day when He comes for His own at the end of the age!  Let us therefore work while it is still the day – for the time is coming when no man can work.  

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The Excellent Wife, day 6 - Her Speaking and Teaching - Proverbs 31:26

3/26/2013

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Proverbs 31:26  She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

The excellent wife is a doer, which we have seen throughout this entire portrait. But we learn in verse 26 that she is also a teacher - and one whose words are a blessing to all those who hear them. Let's take a look at the two pictures that are painted for us, describing this aspect of the excellent wife.

First we see that she speaks wisdom. The picture that is painted for us is a woman who when she sees the need of breaking silence with her mouth - speaks and wisdom pours from her. The phrase "opens her mouth," is a Hebraism meaning what is under her tongue or ready to proceed from her mouth. It has the idea that as soon as her mouth opens to speak - wisdom pours forth from it. The Jewish scholars believed that this woman's heart was so filled with this wisdom from God that the moment she opened her mouth it naturally flowed from it. This is the kind of woman you want to be around when she did speak. She was the female embodiment of E.F. Hutton - who when she speaks - you should listen! 

The second thing we learn about her is that "the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." There are two ways of reading this - and honestly I think either is correct. The first way would be to say that she teaches of kindness to others. The word for kindness here is the Hebrew word "chesed." This word is the one that is closest to the New Testament concept of agape love that we have in the Old Testament. The word meant both goodness and kindness - and referred to God's covenant love. She taught of God's great covenant love. She taught of a God who loved His people, showing them His kindness and His goodness to them. But the second way of seeing this is that she was loving as she taught. The reason I feel that either is applicable is that they compliment each other so well. One who teaches of God's love would, of course, be one who showed it as well even as she taught. 

The excellent wife is not just a worker - but a lover - and one who loves as God Himself does. She speaks wisdom and teaches of love. These are two wonderful aspects of God that every family member and especially the children need to learn. That is why the excellent wife is so ready to speak of such things whenever she opens her mouth. She is a source of blessing therefore not only in all that she does for this family - but also in all she speaks and teaches as well.

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Agur, Ithiel, Ucal, and the Value of Life on Life Wisdom

1/6/2013

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Proverbs 30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

Here we have an interesting verse in Proverbs. It is generally accepted that this person named Agur was an actual man - and that his students, Ithiel and Ucal were also real as well. Thus this is probably part of the collection of wisdom that Solomon had. He was probably greatly impressed by this collection of wise sayings and incorporated it into his own collection as well. 

What do we know of these three men?  Well, beyond the meaning of their names and this particular collection of sayings - nothing. Yet God used them to offer to us an entire chapter of Agur's wise sayings. In fact, Agur is called, "the oracle," which means that Solomon considered him a prophet - or at least a man inspired by God to put these sayings from Him into a list of sorts. Let's take a closer look at their names and what they mean. 

Agur means collector or gatherer. This name probably designates that he was a collector of wise sayings - but the "son of Jakeh" refers to his father. Jakeh means to be on one's guard - and this particularly before God Himself. Thus the idea here is that of piety - guarding ourselves before God - and guarding others so that they walk in godliness. Thus, when we grasp Agur's full name - he would be considered to be the gatherer, the son of the man who guarded piety - who desired to walk in holiness and purity before God. If a name meant anything - and in Hebrew culture it did - then this was quite a man God used to collect these sayings from God and then declare them as an oracle from God Himself.

Not only did this man offer these wise sayings as much needed wisdom - he took the time to state them to others. Ithiel and Ucal were Agur's students. Ithiel means, "with me is God" while Ucal means "to eat or to devour." These are quite the names of his students. Evidently his students wanted the presence of God in their lives - and also had a hunger for the things of God. At least this is what their parents hoped and desired for them when they named their children. 

We come back to this verse - apart from trying to gain information from the names themselves and see a very important principle of discipleship here. At face value, we have a situation where a godly man - even a prophet or oracle of God is taking two others under his wing for the purpose of declaring to them the things God has made known to him. This is the heart of true discipleship. Life on life ministry is so important. It is not enough to just try to read the Bible - we so desperately need for godly men to pour their lives into younger men and pass wisdom to them. Jesus did it with 12 - Paul did it with Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Epaphroditus and others. If we are wise, we will do it too.

The other thing we learn is that this kind of discipleship only happens as godly men take the time to spend a life gathering wisdom from God for the purpose of living a godly, holy, God-glorifying life. That means a life devoted to reading, studying, and knowing the Word of God. This means other things that waste our time need to be set aside for the Word. In our day we have young men who are experts at video games - who spend countless hours playing them. They will not be wise. There are others who waste countless hours watching television - and in our current culture - who use Netflix to watch entire seasons of shows for days at a time. They too will not become wise. A choice has to be made to become an Agur, an Ithiel, or a Ucal. The choice has to do with time - with what is eternal - and with whether we desire to be worldly-wise - or Word-wise. 

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The Measure of a Leader: How He Treats the Poor - Proverbs 29:14

11/20/2012

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Proverbs 29:14  If a king judges the poor with truth, his throne will be established forever. 

Just recently we finished an election cycle in the United States. The pattern for many years now has been that the candidate with the most money usually wins the election. Thus, for an American leader, the adage is that whoever can court the most wealthy people and gather the most money will rule over the land. It is not so much how one will rule - or what they plan to do in this country - as it is how many of the wealthy come to their $5000 a plate each fundraisers. One must keep the wealthy happy - or else you will no longer have the money to win an election.

Things were not always like this - in fact, today's proverb gives wise guidance to the leader or king who will hear it. That advice is not based upon men making you or keeping you as their leader. It is insted about caring for things like compassion toward the poor and truth. These are things that have long been trampled under the foot of American political process and theory. Yet God still considers them very important in a leader.

The king is to judge the poor with truth. That is his responsibility. It is an easy thing to forget - especially when the poor do not have the means to protest or challenge an unfair ruling in the courts. It is even more difficult when the one you rule against is rich. The wealthy don't appreciate truth in those situations. But a ruler may not face a challenge greater than maintaining truth when it comes to disputes between the wealthy and the poor. God's wisdom is to judge with truth - then it will not matter what a man's position in life is. Only one thing matters - and that is that truth is upheld.

The promise of God is equally as clear. When you judge the poor with truth - your throne will be established forever. God rewards the king who appreciates truth and justice more than power and position. The people of that nation will greatly appreciate their king, and will joyfully support him. It is hard to overthrow a king who acts this way because he is very popular among the people.

There was a king in Israel named Ahab who decided that he wanted a piece of land next to his palace. The land was owned by a man who took great pride in his families' inheritance. Though the king offered to purchase the land, the man refused because he desired to keep the land in his family. At this point the king pouted like a two year old because he did not get his way. Others acted on his behalf and got him the land - although it meant departing from the truth and judging unrighteously. So egregious was this situation that they chose to have the man killed in a false court proceeding. When the king was informed that the dirty deed was done, he went to claim his new garden next to his palace. He was met by the prophet Elijah whom God informed of the entire sordid affair. What was going to be a time of rejoicing over his new land - turned into a horror story. The prophet informed the king that God was going to judge him and his wife for their wickedness - and their unwillingness to treat the poor with truth and justice. Jezebel, the queen, would be eaten by dogs - and the king and all his entire family would be killed and not allowed to rule Israel any longer. This is what happened when the king decided to oppress and abuse the poor. He, his kingdom, and even his legacy were destroyed.

Leaders can get cocky and decide that they are beyond the reach of justice and truth. Nothing could be further from the truth. God will eventually bring even kings and rulers under his bar of justice. Therefore it is good for kings to know that one of the measures of the fitness of their kingdoms is how they treat the poor. Do that with justice and your kingdom will endure. Cast justice to the curb - and you might just find yourself sitting next to those who have previously robbed of justice. 

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