April 7, 2013 Resist with God's Love

Read Proverbs 7 Resist with God’s Love Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman; 5 they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words. DO YOU ever think about the “stupid” things you’ve done in life? Occasionally a moment, a word, a person or a circumstance will remind me of a mistake I’ve made, and I’ll say to myself, “I should have known better.” In those thoughts, I am embarrassed with myself and regret how I may have hurt someone. The Wisdom Writer knows (through his own experiences, I’m sure) what happens when we put wisdom aside and rely on our feelings. We submit to temptations. In this case he refers to adultery. But let’s expand his caution to consider all sin as an adultery of unfaithfulness to God. Sin comes when we don’t know any better, and sin comes when we know better but let feelings override our knowledge. Sin also occurs when we put our wants before God’s commands. To resist sin, we must first know God’s Word. Yes, read his words each day—not just these verses—and you will have more knowledge to resist “adultery”. Read God’s Word and your feelings will be stronger for what is right in his sight. Feelings closer to God are feelings farther from sin. Second, understand that God’s commands are his words of love to guide you to a good life with him. His commands lead you to have a right heart that bows before Jesus and says to him, “You are my Lord and Savior.” Knowing and understanding God’s Word, you can trust God’s pathway of wisdom to guide you away from sin’s deadly temptations and into a secure, wholesome life. It’s True: God’s commands lovingly protect you from sin.