ACCEPT AND KNOW! Proverbs 2:1-5 – Devotional

ACCEPT AND KNOW!

Proverbs 2:1-5 – Devotional

Proverbs 2:1-5

“My son, if you accept My words and store up My commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”

Years ago I heard a humorous story of a city dweller who failed to follow directions and ultimately found himself on a country road, hopelessly lost, having no idea where he was. He saw a farm hand working in a field, got out of his car and walked up to the fence, motioning to the farm hand to come over. He asked directions to his destination, but he farmer didn’t know. He then asked how to get back to the main road. Again the farm hand was not able to tell him.

The traveler was enraged and frustrated that the farm was so dense. He flailed his arms in the air and said, “You are the most infuriating and stupid man I have ever met!” The farm merely shrugged and replied, “That may be true, but I am not the one who is lost.”

Sometimes it is easy to put on a façade of spirituality that is not based on fact. The bottom line is that we often lack the wisdom God has promised. In today’s Scripture, Solomon gives the key to true wisdom.

There are two words that I would like us to focus on: “ACCEPT” and “STORE.” It may be helpful to use the computer as an example. When you read this DailyEvotional on the screen, we can relate that to “accepting” the message. You read it, delete it, and it is gone.

However, there may be a DailyEvotional that really hits home and you do not want to lose it; so instead of deleting it, you “save” it. That relates to the word “store” in today’s Scripture.

What is the difference? We may “ACCEPT” and enjoy reading a passage of Scripture. (If you are like me, your forgetting is better than your recalling. I can’t remember all of the things I’ve forgotten.)

How do we “STORE” the precious Word of God? MEMORIZE! How do we memorize? Repetition! Isaiah 28:10: “For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there.”

One of the best ways to memorize is to use 3×5 cards. Write the passage of Scripture you want to memorize on the cards. Take the cards with you and, at every opportunity, read and re-read–try to recite from memory until you get the passage firmly in your mind.

I have had people look forward to traffic delays or red lights since it gave them time to go over the memory work. That is the way we “STORE” God’s Word in our heart, available to use as the Holy Spirit directs.

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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