“The
wise in heart will receive commandments:
but a prating fool shall fall.”
Proverbs 10:8
How often I
have chatted my mouth away and created disasters, stirred myself to worry, or felt
sinful! It is because in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin (Prov.
10:19)! Lord, forgive me for my sin, my foolish chattings away, talking on and
on when I know deep down that it is wiser and better for me to be silent and
let my words be few.
….but the wise in heart accept
commands….I have seen that proved true many times as well. As a 17-year-old
young man, I listened to my elders and heeded my parent’s counsel. I sought the
Lord, but also waited for the confirmation of my parents. I began to order my
steps with the wisdom of those in authority over me and O how many troubles it
did save me and O how many problems and unnecessary struggles were avoided
because of it. Lord, I thank you for giving me a wiser heart than I used to
have, one that accepts commands and listens intensively to my parents. Praise
be to You, Jesus, my Lord!
Lord, thank You for Your Word and for the
truths that it contains. Thank You that as I have sought You, that You have
transformed my life, ordered my steps, and kept me from so many troubles. Lord,
may I never forget where I have come from—sinful nothingness—and where I am
going—Heaven; living for the will of God, the Kingdom.
