"It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."
Once again I find myself in proverbs 3. This verse has been in my head all week and like a cow chewing a cud, I have been going over and over it. Thinking to myself, self what does this mean? God what does this really mean? Just really pondering it. To start we have to look at "it". What is the "it" referring to? In order to answer that look at verse 7. That means open your bible and read! It has 3 parts to it. First, being not wise in your own eyes. I covered this somewhat last week with verse 5 and 6. Basically it means to trust God's judgement and not your own. He's pretty much right on the money every time. The second part is where I will get a bit more in depth. It says to fear the Lord. Now does this really mean we should be afraid of the Lord? Not exactly. This actual meaning is to reverence. The root word is revere which Websters defines as " to show devoted deferential honor to, regard as worthy of honor." That's what it means when we have a relationship with the creator of the universe. We are to have a sense of awesomeness about who He is and what He has done. I think personally this has been lost over time by most Christians. Yes that includes me too. Do we really take the time to think, wow, your God and you created all of this out of nothing. Do we look up at the stars or across the ocean and realize just how powerful and mighty He is? Sad to say, no. That's what it means to reverence God. Think about it and see how your mind will be tripped out by it. It's pretty amazing to be honest. The third part is to depart from evil. So the next logical question is.........what is evil. Evil as an adjective is described in Websters as "morally reprehensible." What a can of worms that is because I am sure people out there would argue what is morale. Or say it's all relative anyways. I will just say this and then move on. If it goes against what God says or has stated, then it is evil. Plain and simple. You might not like that, I might not either, but it is what it is. Especially when in the context of God. It comes down to this. God knows what is best for us and has provided some rules and guidelines to go by. Did He do it to put us under an oppressive yolk of do's and dont's? Of course not. He did it because He knows what is best for us and what will bring us into a relationship with Him that is full and rich. The bible says that man's heart is desperately wicked who can know it. Jeremiah 17:9. Who can know it? God. If that doesn't scare you and make you think nothing will. I know my heart and it scares me at times! Look we all have likes and dislikes and God doesn't want robots that all act the same. What He wants is relationship with each and everyone of us. Unique to each individual and special in it's own way. That's why He is a personal Savior. That's the whole reason for Jesus death on the cross. To provide a way for us to be in right standing with the father. All we have to do is accept it and start walking towards Him and with Him. It will be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones.
Sincerely Bob.
Once again I find myself in proverbs 3. This verse has been in my head all week and like a cow chewing a cud, I have been going over and over it. Thinking to myself, self what does this mean? God what does this really mean? Just really pondering it. To start we have to look at "it". What is the "it" referring to? In order to answer that look at verse 7. That means open your bible and read! It has 3 parts to it. First, being not wise in your own eyes. I covered this somewhat last week with verse 5 and 6. Basically it means to trust God's judgement and not your own. He's pretty much right on the money every time. The second part is where I will get a bit more in depth. It says to fear the Lord. Now does this really mean we should be afraid of the Lord? Not exactly. This actual meaning is to reverence. The root word is revere which Websters defines as " to show devoted deferential honor to, regard as worthy of honor." That's what it means when we have a relationship with the creator of the universe. We are to have a sense of awesomeness about who He is and what He has done. I think personally this has been lost over time by most Christians. Yes that includes me too. Do we really take the time to think, wow, your God and you created all of this out of nothing. Do we look up at the stars or across the ocean and realize just how powerful and mighty He is? Sad to say, no. That's what it means to reverence God. Think about it and see how your mind will be tripped out by it. It's pretty amazing to be honest. The third part is to depart from evil. So the next logical question is.........what is evil. Evil as an adjective is described in Websters as "morally reprehensible." What a can of worms that is because I am sure people out there would argue what is morale. Or say it's all relative anyways. I will just say this and then move on. If it goes against what God says or has stated, then it is evil. Plain and simple. You might not like that, I might not either, but it is what it is. Especially when in the context of God. It comes down to this. God knows what is best for us and has provided some rules and guidelines to go by. Did He do it to put us under an oppressive yolk of do's and dont's? Of course not. He did it because He knows what is best for us and what will bring us into a relationship with Him that is full and rich. The bible says that man's heart is desperately wicked who can know it. Jeremiah 17:9. Who can know it? God. If that doesn't scare you and make you think nothing will. I know my heart and it scares me at times! Look we all have likes and dislikes and God doesn't want robots that all act the same. What He wants is relationship with each and everyone of us. Unique to each individual and special in it's own way. That's why He is a personal Savior. That's the whole reason for Jesus death on the cross. To provide a way for us to be in right standing with the father. All we have to do is accept it and start walking towards Him and with Him. It will be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones.
Sincerely Bob.
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