Reading for Today:
Proverb Chapter 6
Gold Nugget
Verse 21-22: “Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie
them around your neck. When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they
will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you.”
Commentary
When the words of Solomon were being recorded over 3,000
years ago, most of the scriptures and laws of God were being passed down from
parents telling their children of the Lord’s commands and events involving the
children of Israel. It was of utmost importance that children listened and obeyed
the commands of their parents in order to ensure God’s laws remained the
standard for Israel. Today we may benefit from parents that serve God, but are
not out in the cold if they don’t. The Word of God is available to all of us
that have an interest in what He has to say and what He expects of us. The
commands of our father and the laws of our mother concerning God’s commands and
laws are right in front of us whether our parents pass them down or not. That
being said, we need to grasp the importance of today’s “gold nugget” concerning
how we should regard God’s commands and laws, “Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck. When
you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you
awake, they will speak with you.” When I was in the Army over 20+ years
ago, I went through boot camp in Fort Jackson South Carolina. For 8 weeks, when
they weren’t treating us like the scum of the earth, they were drilling every
important piece of information that we would possibly need if we ever saw
battle. We carried our “Basic Field Manual” in our cargo pockets wherever we
went. If we weren’t running, marching or shooting, we were reading, studying
and memorizing. If we ever left the barracks without it secured in our pocket,
sealed in a zip lock bag for protection, we would pay a price for it. The
purpose was to ensure that when it came to the words of that book we would,
“Bind them continually upon our hearts; tie them around our necks. When we
would roam, they would lead us; when we slept, they would keep us; and when we
were awake, they would speak to us.” They knew that we would not be able to
survive without this knowledge. It’s the same way with the Word of God. We must
get them off the pages and into our hearts and around our necks. Failure to do
so will put us in greater danger than bullets and arrows ever could.
Prayer
Lord, help us to
understand that your Words were never meant to stay on the pages of the Bible,
but were meant to take hold in our hearts and be worn as an ornament around our
necks. We will accept this today as conditional for our spiritual survival.
Amen
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