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Proverbs 8

Today if focus is the entire chapter as a autobiography of the Holy Spirit.

Kevin’s Take Away: This entire chapter is about the Holy Spirit; describing Herself and her history being present before and during creation. This is critical to our understanding of how God interacts with us. In the Proverbs the Holy Spirit is referred to as Wisdom a wise woman wanting to be found by anyone who will pursue her. This is an illustration of the indwelling Holy Spirit in the believer. When we are born again the Holy Spirit comes to seal us and live inside of us. However, we must open the door of our will to allow the Holy Spirit to come into our thoughts and emotions. Which is what the Proverbs are trying to tell us over and over again.

Proverbs 7

1My son, keep my words,
And treasure my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and live,
And my law as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Kevin’s Take Away: Soloman again today emphases the importance of having God’s word inside us, in the way we look at the world (apple of our eye), what we do with our hands (bind them on your hands) and what we feel emotionally (tablet of your heart). God wants everything we think, say and do to be guided and controlled by His word which overflows from within us.

Proverbs 6

20My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
22 When you roam, [j]they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Kevin’s Take Away: Verse 21 challenges us to bind our parents’ commands on our hearts and tie them around our neck; that is to say that we take these biblical truths with us wherever we go. When we roam, sleep or are awake, God’s word will illuminate us. But we must have his word in us in a thoughts notice to keep us on the right path.

Proverbs 3

7Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
8 Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.
Kevin’s Take Away: Here is another reference to the fear of the Lord. Thinking we are wise and that we know best is foolish at best. Convincing ourselves that something is not evil or sinful is insulting to God and will bring his judgement! This judgement can and usually does effect our physical bodies.

Proverbs 31

4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave alcohol.
5 For if they drink, they may forget the law, and not give justice to the oppressed.
6 Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress.
7 Let them drink to forget their poverty, and remember their troubles no more.

Kevin’s Take Away: This is some really good practical advice about the consumption of alcohol. Scripture does not give an express prohibition against drinking alcohol, however there are a lot of cautions and warnings.