Words and music by DT (davesali [at] gmail [dot] com)
Proverbs 2:3 KJV — Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Stop snacking on mediocrity.
Hold out for greatness. Crave greatness. Allow yourself to hunger for righteousness: God’s way of doing things and God’s provision for you in Jesus.
Don’t accept anything less than everything Jesus paid for you to have.
Proverbs 1:4 KJV — To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
God wants to make you wise. God has provided His Word so that you can be transformed.
That’s His intention.
Will you receive it as a free gift?
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:10
You live in a world full of enticement. A world full of shiny, sparkly, colourful and alluring people, places, things and opportunities.
It’s important to acknowledge that the things that entice you actually are enticing. They are things that are intriguing, enchanting and desirable to your Body and Soul.
This is important to acknowledge, particularly if you’ve been told that something isn’t enticing. Because when you can see that it is, then that disconnect can feel like a justification for exploring that which entices you.
However, not all the berries in the forest are good for you to eat. And not everything or everyone you encounter today is something you need to say “Yes” to. Some of it, you need to reject because its designed to destroy you.Yes, you live in a world of enticing things. And yes, it’s okay to say “No” to all the pretty things that would seduce you away from the path.
Psalm 23:1 KJV — A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Recently, a sheep herder noticed that a rattlesnake bit one of his sheep. In that area, it's the deadliest snake around and after it bit the sheep, the sheep's face swelled up and began to hurt terribly.
However, the rattlesnake didn't know the kind of blood that flows through the sheep because anti-venom is most often made from sheep's blood. After 2 days of swelling, the blood of the lamb (sheep) destroyed the venom of the snake.
Often the serpents (the enemy) of this life will reach out and bite us. They inject their poison into us but they cannot overcome the blood of the Lamb of God that washes away the sin of the world and the sting of death. Don't worry about the serpent or his bite, but instead, celebrate victory because the blood of the lamb has set us free from the power of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
"They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death." - Revelation 12:11
The Lord is my Shepherd, and snake-venom flows through my veins.
I don’t need the antidote. In Jesus I am the antidote.
Proverbs 29:18 KJV — Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
When you see yourself in the Word, what you see will restrain and direct your actions.
You don’t need more will power. You need more Word power.
You need to keep looking at the picture God has painted of you in His Word.
The more you look at who you are and what you have in Jesus, the more you will be transformed into what you see.
If youe experience of the Word is fuzzy, check your focus.
Focus on looking at who you are in the Word.
Proverbs 28:19 KJV — He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
If you don’t have plenty of bread, maybe you’re not tilling your land.
The Word works if you work it.
Victory is assured.
Proverbs 27:18 KJV — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Instructions are footsteps on the beach, left by those who have walked before you.
So when you follow the instructions, you’re allowing others to help you save time by letting you learn from their experience.
They’re sharing what worked for them in order to help you find what works for you.
But whatever the outcome, the things that work many times work for those who work them.
Proverbs 26:7 KJV — The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Wisdom notices what isn’t equal.
This isn’t a judgement on self-worth or the value of an individual.
Wisdom simply sees things as they are, and notices balance, symmetry and inequality.
Proverbs 25:15 KJV — By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
A deception of rushing is the feeling that you’re going to miss out or run out of time to do what you want.
But the things that matter take time.
Decision-makers need gentleness over time to be persuaded
So the key is to be quick to start the processes and habits and practices that you will commit to for a long time.
Fifty years from now, you’ll be glad you started today.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Proverbs 24:1
You are a Spirit, you have a Soul (mind+will+emotions) and you live in a Body.
Envy, jealousy and desire are powerful feelings…and you are above them.
You have the capacity for them, but you don’t have to nurture them.
You are not your feelings. You get to choose which ones you allow to grow in your heart.
So if envy and jealousy try to grow in your garden, just pull them out. They don’t belong there.