1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
When I was a little girl, it didn't take me long to figure out I had better listen to my dad if I didn't want my dad to take it out on my butt. I wised up real quick and over the years, I buck and kicked his authority and always felt the pain from it maybe not how I did when I was little but my dad's parenting style changed with my age. When I bucked him when I was a teenager, I couldn't drive. When I bucked him when I was an adult, his favor turned away from me for a day or two and I felt my world was coming to an end. No, I didn't always understand his thinking or agree with him half the time, I did respect him enough to do what he said.
Just like my dad, God wants us to listen to what he instructs us to do at any given moment. Sometimes we don't like it and sometimes we jump on it because we know what follows and sometimes we do it because we need to get back in right standing with God. We need His instructions to keep us from evil, from going down a wrong path, and to give us a way to commune with Him as well as to get all the good stuff like wisdom, blessings, and favor. We just need to remember, as we grow in God, so does His instruction. He's always instructing us from glory to glory. Don't you want to go?
God Bless.
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