In the playground of choices, I have been teetering between self discipline and self indulgence. Making good choices, as we tell Noah and making some not so good choices in some areas in my life. Its been awhile since I broke down some scripture and perhaps that is where the problems begins.
Like many times before, I don't think it was a coincidence that the Lord had something to say to me in the proverb of the day. Proverbs 4 the "Security of wisdom" was so relevant for this time, this day in the fear of my thoughts of not been strong enough to teeter over to the side of self discipline.
The whole proverb is great, but let me take you to verse 20 where I felt the shocks to the heart like someone was using an AED to bring me back to life. Over the next seven verses, I will talk about a few "H's"- Hearing, Heart, Health, aHead, Hoover and Headway. Are you ready? Lets get the paddles and shock the heart to wisdom.
Vs. 20 " My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my saying"
How it spoke to me:
Concentrate on my words, give me your ear to Hear what I have been trying to tell you. Just listen!
Vs. 21 "Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;"
How it spoke to me:
When you see it, hold onto it, and only let it go if it is going to your heart!
Vs. 22 "For they are life to those who find them, And Health to all their flesh."
How it spoke to me:
Wisdom is the life to those who look for it. Find is a word of action. You must obtain wisdom and when you do it is health to the your body. It is impossible to be physically fit if you are spiritually unhealthy. The other day, I was talking to a friend and totally complaining. I was complaining about a situation, and then I jumped to another situation and complained about that. I hung up the phone and I felt physically nauseous and had a headache. In that moment I knew it was the nasty in my heart that caused my body to feel physically ill.
I know when I am not in tuned with the word or in prayer that it is impossible to be utilize wisdom in my interactions, speech and discipline in all areas of my life. I have to be diligent in the seeking for Gods wisdom if I want to be healthy.
Vs. 23 " Keep your Heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life."
How it spoke to me:
The issues that you are having- impatient, laziness, not motivated, short tempered, are coming from your heart and not circumstances. I looked up diligence in Webster and it read " Careful and persistent work or effort." Meaning it is going to take work or effort to keep our heart clean and retain the wisdom. The other day it was hot, I walked into my house that was a mess. Immediately I found myself ten degrees hotter. I told my husband if I cleaned the house it would be much cooler. He thought I was crazy. Perhaps it was a mental thing, but the fact that it was clean dictated how my body felt. When wisdom is hanging out in your heart, there is not much room for a mess.
Vs. 24 " Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you."
How it spoke to me:
Shut yo mouth. Plain and simple! Boom! stop complaining, stop gossiping. The other day I was watching a you tube video of a motivational speaker who was sharing with the youth. He had been speaking and had a mic that he thought was turned off. A man who was a skeptic that thought he was "too good" of a person and fake, was listening to him have a conversation with his driver for that day. When he got off the car this man approached him and told him that he had listen to his whole conversation and he was wrong. His exact words to the motivational speaker was "your legit." He brought up the story, because he told the kids that we should live our lives like we were mic'd up. I humbly admit that I would not like the world to hear some of my conversations. Would you?
Vs. 25 "Let your eyes look straight aHead, and your eyelids look right before you."
Always look ahead, forget about what was, work on what is and what can be! Stay focused and on course. For those of you that arnt into horse racing, horses run with blinders. I found it interesting what they had to say about the reason behind it:
Horses have their eyes at the sides of their heads, which indicates that they are hunted in nature — similar to rabbits, for example — as opposed to the hunters such as cats. So, horses have peripheral vision, which means they can end up running off course unless they are made to remain focused.
Blinders are small squares of firm leather that attach to the bridle at the side of the horse’s head. Some say that blinders were invented when a preacher had a wager with one of his friends. The preacher bet that his horse could walk up the stairs in his home, which the horse did with no problem at all. But, when he tried to coax the horse down again, it wouldn’t budge! So, the preacher covered the horses head and lead him down. He realized that covering all or part of the horse’s vision could encourage the horse to take chances it would not normally take.
Horses sometimes need to be made to focus and blinders keep the horse’s eye focused on what is ahead, rather than what is at the side or behind. That is why race horses are often given blinders – for the purpose of keeping them focused when racing round a racecourse.
Strap on your blinders homies!
Vs. 26 " Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established"
Ponder or Hoover means to think about something carefully before deciding or concluding. Think about your actions before you make a move. Is this good for me? Is this glorifying God? Is this healthy?
Vs. 27 " Do not turn to the right or left; remove your foot from evil"
Make Headway use those blinders to keep you from looking left and right to stray you away from the course and what is right. The only way you can move ahead is by moving forward not running to the left or right. Don't dabble in evil or tempt yourself in the things which are not good.
I know this is a long post and not the norm, but these verses really just spoke to the core of my heart. I have been running on the treadmill the last month, I am ready to put on the shoes and run the course outside. I am speaking spiritually now friends! If you are also in that slump, let come along together! lets obtain wisdom, harbor it in the heart and make good choices in every area in our lives!
Love you,
Moni
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