"1 My son, forget not thou MY Law, but let thine heart keep MY commandments.
2 For they shall increase the length of thy days and the years of life, and thy prosperity.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them on thy neck, and write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of GOD and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with ALL thine heart, and LEAN NOT unto thine OWN WISDOM.
6 IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY WAYS.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: but fear the Lord, and depart from evil."
Political primary season is in full gear around here! There are politicians everywhere enlightening us on why they are the best candidate for the office they are seeking. I pay attention to a few candidates, but most are so caught up in promoting THEIR ideas and political agenda, it nauseates me.
The Holy Bible instructs us in Proverbs 3:5 that we should NOT lean unto our own understanding! Our understanding usually gets us into troubles that we have no answers for. We can THINK we are doing the correct thing, and we turn down the wrong road directly into trouble.
Verse one of Proverbs 3 says very plainly "forget not thou MY Law, but let thine heart keep MY commandments". One of my problems is my memory is not what I wish it was. But the "heart" is what needs to remember GOD's law. I have known people who could quote scriptures with the best of them, and when it came time for their LIGHT TO SHINE there wasn't even a flicker to be seen!
Verse six is one of the most overlooked, maybe even ignored, verses in the Bible. "In ALL thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE "SHALL" direct thy ways"! If we "recognize the authority, validity, or claims of" (Dictionary.com definition of acknowledge) of The LORD, it says "HE SHALL" direct our ways! We cannot go wrong depending on the Creator of the Universe. We cannot go right if we trust in our own wisdom.
Millions upon millions of dollars are spent trying to convince voters of a candidates worthiness to be elected to the office they seek. The process is upside down though. We should be recognizing "the authority, validity, or claims of" a HOLY GOD, instead of trusting in a politician to do what his "OWN WISDOM" tells him to do. Father in Heaven, cause me to allow YOU to "DIRECT MY WAYS"!
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