Proverbs Day 32
Proverbs 4:20-22(KJV):
"My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."
Thought for the day:
The book of Proverbs continues its admonition for us to listen to, and obey the Words of God. "Attend to my words" simply means to pay attention to God's Words. We can hear the Word of God without really hearing it. In verse 20, "incline thine ear" means to listen with our spiritual ears or listen with the ear of our hearts. Many times in the New Testament, before Jesus would speak to a group of people, He would say these words: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
Proverbs 4:21 tells us that we should not only read God's Word diligently, but we should also hide His Word in our hearts. If we desire to grow in faith and wisdom, and be pleasing to God, we must read and apply God's Word to every thing in our lives. If we do this, verse 22 tells us that we will experience true life. That life is not just a spiritual encounter, although spiritual rebirth is a glorious experience. By understanding and applying God's Word in our lives, we can also have health in our flesh or physical bodies. The Lord wants to make us whole -- spirit, soul and body!
