Love God and remember His Word!

July 3, 2012

Proverbs 3:1-2      “ My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments; for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”

            In the new covenant between God and the Israelites (Deut. 8:16) the same promise was made of God that is here made by Solomon.  Love me and remember what I have told you in your minds, but more importantly in your heart.  By choosing heart over mind the son is told to hear the Word rather than logic.  If the son makes his choices based on God’s word in his heart, he is guaranteed that a longer, more peaceful life will result. 

            All the logical, reasonable technology steps taken in the past twenty years should have made for so much more leisure, satisfaction, and time for family and God, but the opposite seems true.  This seems to be another case where logic/ reason has not brought us what is needed, but the few people who step back are much better off physically, spiritually, and emotionally. 

            Lord, we love you today and want to experience longer, more complete life, with opportunities to serve.  We accept your Word as our benchmark and compare ourselves not to one another but to Jesus .  Everyone then falls short, Lord, and needs to spend more time in prayer and Bible study.  Help us, Lord, to use the guide you gave us for a longer, satisfied life. 

For your service we live.     Amen.