Daily Devotionals for February 21
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Proverbs: God's Wisdom for Daily Living
Devotional Scripture:
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Thought for the Day
Verses 32-36 - Proverbs 1:7 revealed that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 1:8 named the next step on the path of wisdom: listening to instruction. It has been mentioned in every chapter since, and again here. In school, we discover that if we do not pay attention to the teacher's instruction, we fail the tests. Similarly, if we refuse the Bible's instruction, we will be unable to pass life's tests. The opposite is also true: we are blessed if we diligently heed His instruction. We must seek the Lord every day to find His favor and the path of life.
Verse 36 - When we sin against God, we not only hurt ourselves but actually invite Satan to bring the death principle into some part of our lives. A principle is "a comprehensive and fundamental law." Sinning against God activates the death principle set down in Ezekiel 18:4, "...The soul that sinneth, it shall die" and Romans 6:23a, "For the wages of sin is death." Death claims not only the physical body but the inner being. Sickness, fear, depression, misfortunes, and so on, are effects of activating the death principle.
There are two kinds of sins: sins of commission (doing what is wrong) and sins of omission (failing to do what is right). "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin" (James 4:17). Many Christians do not realize that failing to pray and read the Bible is sin. I have heard many Christians remark: "I don't understand why this is happening to me. I haven't done anything!" This is often true! They have not been praying. They have not been reading their Bibles. They have not been seeking God. They truly have not done the things they should have been doing. They may not have committed overt sin to open a door to the enemy, but they sinned by failing to do what would have stopped him. "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might." We must put on the whole armor of God which is listed in Ephesians 6:13-17. Satan is out to destroy our souls and we must take action to prevent him from overcoming us.
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