February 2

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:
                Proverbs 2:6, 7 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly


THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:
            Most everyone has heard the term “Sound Advice”. What does that mean? On a very rare occasion will the sound have anything to do with speakers, amplifiers, music or anything to do with your hearing. Sound Advice means advice you can be sure about. Its advice that if followed will bring about favorable results. In today’s verses from Proverbs, we find true wisdom comes from God. God shares his wisdom of all ages with us. Therefore, if we seek and respect God, we will respect what He has to say. If we respect what He says, we will act upon those words. If we act upon His advice, we will always come out right. Why? Because God has lain up for us Sound Wisdom. “Sound Advice”. It will be a buckler to us. Ok so buckler is not a term we use too much today. A buckler was a small shield carried on the arm or in the hand of soldiers to defend themselves when in a hand-to-hand combat. The wisdom of God is just that. It becomes our shield as we walk through this life in hand-to-hand combat with the evil the world and Satan have in place. What does that mean? It means we place faith in what God says and then use it as our defense.


CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:
            I believe what God is saying in the book of Proverbs, is also what He was saying in Ephesians 6:16. “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.” It is not just hearing and reading what God has to says, it is also believing it. That is faith. That is SOUND ADVICE!


SUGGESTED READING:
Exodus 11, 12
Psalm 30
Proverbs 2
Mark 10