Proverbs

Today we were finishing up our overview of the book of Judges and the last verse reads, "In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes."

I asked the girls what they thought about that verse and Louisa immediately told me that it wasn't good and after I asked why she said because the Bible says, "Be not wise in your own eyes; fear The Lord and turn away from evil." (Prov. 3:7)

 

I was so surprised that she had put those two verses together so quickly like that! (If you remember, we are memorizing Proverbs chapter 3 together so verse 7 is one we have said many times now.) I was so encouraged that she could easily recognize this truth and quote directly from Scripture!

Praise God that His word does not return void!

And as I am typing, I remembered that a few weeks ago, when we were studying Exodus, we came across chapter 34 verse 6 which reads, "The Lord, The Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin..." These attributes "steadfast love and faithfulness" directly mirror the command in Proverbs 3:3, "Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you..." We are supposed to reflect the character of God through our steadfast love and faithfulness, by binding them around our neck and writing them on the tablet of our heart. The exodus verses are proclaimed when God is having to give Moses the new tablets since His children have sinned terribly. It is pretty amazing to think about God's steadfast love towards us, even amidst our sin.