Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Proverbs 23:17 Here’s the redirection. Don’t let your heart envy sinners…but rather the fear of the LORD. The issue isn’t the envy, but rather its object and focus. Redirecting those desires towards the fear of the LORD is …
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Narrow is the Way
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 To train is narrow your options. It’s to de-cide: to cut yourself off from everything that doesn’t line up with that which you have Covenanted yourself to. Narrow is the Way that …
Care enough about your ways
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. Proverbs 19:16 Ways. Deh-rek. Manner of life. Habit. Pathways. Neural pathways? Living entities that only exist because you do. Servants. Emissaries. Awaiting your instructions and directions in order to fulfil their purpose (i.e enabling you to fulfil yours). Care enough …
Whose words are you living by?
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Proverbs 18:30 Words, thoughts, feelings, actions, results, your experience of life. That’s the progression, where the starting point is: Words. What words are you living by? Whose words are you living by? When your life …
Winter is coming
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Proverbs 6:7 Winter is coming, whether you believe it is or not. Entire industries, specialities, nations and sectors will be stripped away by the impending arrival of the cold winds of change and the merciless drops in temperature. AI, machine learning, climate change, politics…are the surface level topics …
Take off your shoes
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. Acts 7:33 Take off your shoes, those artificial man-made constructs, covered in the dust of preconceived notions, gathered on the journey to now. Take off your shoes, laced or latched, buckled or bowed. Undo …
Missing out
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:27 Whichever way you look at it, you’re going to be missing out. But the good news is that you get to choose which sort of missing out you’re willing to accept. You can miss out on the solidarity …
Divine swagger
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Proverbs 3:6 Imagine that you had unlimited resources and a powerful business partner and mentor who was obsessed with helping you succeed in every area of your life. How would that change the way you are approaching that project/situation/relationship you …
Wisdom, knowledge and understanding
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6 Why these three? Of all the things that the Creator of everything would choose to give, why these three? Or is He merely giving wisdom, which comes with knowledge and understanding? Does the fact that God is giving wisdom, knowledge and understanding …
What’s your ONE thing?
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13 A reminder from Gary Keller: What’s the ONE thing you can do right now that would make everything else easier or unnecessary?