We're going to look at Proverbs 3:1-2 today.
1MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; 2For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you.
We are told here NOT to "forget", the Hebrew word, "shakach" which means: to forget, to cease to care, to ignore, the Law and teaching of God. Then we are told to "keep", the Hebrew word, "natsar", which means to to guard, to watch over, to preserve, His commandments! Verse 2 tells us the results of obeying God's Word! "Length of days" means having enough hours in a day to be able to accomplish what you need to accomplish. "Years of Life refers to a long life, WORTH LIVING! Another result of obeying the Word of God is "peace", the Hebrew word "shalom" which means: completeness, soundness, welfare, safety. That sounds to me like tremendous results for simply obeying God's Word!
John 13:1 in the Amplified Bible is very powerful!
1[NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree.
Jesus KNEW what was ahead of Him and He WANTED to do it! Why? Hebrews 12:2:
2Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
WE are the JOY that Jesus was seeing when He looked into the future! He knew that once He paid, once for ALL, the ultimate price for sin, that all humanity would have the POTENTIAL of belonging to HIM! The only thing between us and eternal life in Heaven when we leave this Earth is what we do with what Jesus has already done! Do YOU believe that Jesus came to this Earth, died on the cross for YOU, was raised from the dead and is now seated in Heaven with the Father? Then is there any reason you can't receive Jesus as YOUR Lord and personal Saviour right now? Pray this prayer:
Almighty God, I am a sinner. I believe that Jesus Christ came to this earth, died on the cross for me, was raised from the dead, and is now seated at Your right hand. I accept and receive Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour and I invite Him to come into my heart and become Lord over my life. I thank You now Father, for welcoming me into Your family. You are my Father. I am Your child. Jesus is my Lord! Amen.
Now YOU belong to the family of God! You have a future and a destiny mapped out by Almighty God from before the foundation of the world! Get into the Word of God and find out just who YOU are in Him! The best way to do that is to get involved in a good local church that teaches the Word of God. Go to the Spoken Word Church link on the left side of this blog and contact us with your address. We will try to help you find such a church in your area! Welcome to our family! AMEN!
In 1 Chronicles 1-2 we see a genealogy from Adam. The most important thing I get from looking at these genealogies is that every person goes back to Noah and then back to Adam. Adam walked face to face with God in the garden before he sinned. He KNEW God and everyone who lived during his time had access to the Truth! Everyone that exited the Ark had first hand knowledge of God and what He could and would do! He had proven to them that He was faithful to His Word to perform it! Every person that descended from Abraham KNEW the Truth about God and His promises to Abraham! There is NO EXCUSE for people NOT to know the Truth today! The Word of Go says in James 4:8a:
8aCome close to God and He will come close to you.
If any person on Earth really wants to know the Truth, all they have to do is ASK of HIM! He WILL reveal Himself to anyone who sincerely wants to know! If people DON'T know, they just don't want to yet! Present the REAL Jesus when you talk to people! The One who so greatly prized and dearly loved the world that He gave HIS OWN LIFE! John 3:16:
16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
Now THAT is the REAL Good News! AMEN!
Shalom in Him!