It is hard to believe that we have been meditating on Scripture each week for nearly 10 months. I trust you are being blessed not by my words but by His words. There is great value in wisdom, knowing and living it out. May I encourage you to select one or two verses from this week's meditation and commit them to memory? I believe you will be blessed.
Proverbs 4:20-27
20 My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them,
and healing to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Commentary:
This appeal consists primarily of imperatives that encourage the son to attend to wise instruction and guard wisdom's presence in his heart (vv. 20-21, 23a) by turning from evil in speech and actions (vv. 24-26a, 27). That is because wisdom brings health (v. 22) and continues to sustain (v. 23b) and secure (v. 26b) the path of the one who does this. [ ESV study notes pg. 1142]
Diane Hunt is the Director of Addiction Recovery and Development at America's KESWICK. In addition to her Keswick responsibilities which keep her busy, she loves to read, write and teach, travel and laugh with her grandchildren. Diane has been married to her husband John over 25 years. She has 2 children, 2+ grandchildren, 3 step-children, and 7 step-grandchildren.
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