WEDNESDAY, February 27th, 2008

Proverbs 7:1-9

Pastor Lee:
The idea here is that if we keep Gods commandments then we will live, experienceing the wonderful life God has planned for us. I like the part that says "Bind them upon thy fingers". It reminds me of the boy who tied a string on his finger so He would not forget what his mother told him. Or it would be like when you write something on your hand so that you will not forget it. God says hey, dont forget this! It is important!
The second part of this passage explains what it is like for a young person to fall into immorality. When we are immoral, we are "among the simple ones" and we are "void of understanding". In other words: Sin Makes You Stupid. And when I am living in sin, I make some really stupid decisions. Thank you Lord for your forgiviness in the areas I have failed you and thank you for second chances! Help me not to be"void of understanding", or "simple minded".

1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: