Reading
SAA Notes
Many of these proverbs have something to do with the tongue. There are for self-reflection as well as for understanding others. We all thank God for the Friend who sticks closer than a brother!
SJA Notes
* Dear God, Your Name is a strong tower, let us run into it today and find safety.
“A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.”
Here we read the peril of being a fool, on foolish behaviour.
Think before you speak (v2).
Don’t show favouritism (v5).
Think before your speak (v6).
Again, think before you speak (v7)!
Slacking is a cousin to destruction (v9).
Arrogance ends in destruction (v12).
Solomon also points us to wisdom.
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
Do we practice this? Do we take hold of this and write in on our hearts?
God’s NAME is important. In and of itself there is _much value_ in the Name of the LORD – We can run to it, we can take refuge in it, it saves us.
We do this when we verbally name the Lord, in public and private, conversation, through prayer, through praise, through reading His word, through the preaching of His word.
Yet hallowing God’s Name is more than only what comes from our lips.
As God’s people we bear God’s Name as a standard, walking through this life.
Do we bear His Name well?
* God Above,
Your Name is holy, may we keep it so.
Thank You that we can run into You and find safety, in Your Name, refuge from the storms of life.
Amen.