Thought for the Day

Verses 30-31 - The conclusion of Bathsheba's instruction is that the fear of the Lord is our greatest asset, for it leads us to obey His commands and serve Him faithfully. We all reap the fruit of what we sow, and only what we accomplish for Christ through the Holy Spirit will merit God's praise. Everything else is vanity. It will perish and be forgotten.

Physical beauty is temporary, but the spiritual beauty of a good character will endure into eternity. When we are young and our whole lives lie ahead of us, we may not consider that we will grow old and die one day. What kind of legacy will we leave behind us? Will it be one like the virtuous woman whose works were praised by all who knew her? When we are older, we may not have the opportunities to serve God that we have today. Let us live each day by the wisdom found in Proverbs, so that we will not regret how our days on the earth were spent. This is the sum of Solomon's wisdom: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13).

While these verses present a model for all women, it is also a spiritual type of the "Bride of Christ" and her relationship with her heavenly Bridegroom, the Lord Jesus Christ. Re-reading it with this in mind, we shall receive a wonderful revelation of what we can accomplish for the Lord when we are totally committed to Him.