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Good morning,
The integrity of the upright man shall guide them, but the willful contrariness and crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them. (Prov. 11:3) Here integrity means moral innocence; soundness that is unimpaired by anything; avoids deception of all kind honest with utter sincerity;undivided heart. Guide is to transport us [into the steps of God]; to lead us forth; to govern us and to straiten. That means that the person who is upright leans heavily on the Word directing his course of life. He realizes that his thoughts and feelings could be deceptive, so he depends on the Word to transport him into the ways of God. Because we all know that, "every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord pondereth the hearts." (Prov. 21:2) You know that you usually think that what you think and feel is right, and so does the other person. That is why we all need the guidance of the Holy Word and Holy Spirit, we need help. God pondereth [weighs and tries; test; measures out by weight or dimension; to arrange and level or equalizes; directs ans straightens] our heart. His Word helps to balance our thoughts with His. Otherwise we will find out that we are not as wise either when we think that we are always right. "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearken to counsel is wise." (Prov. 12:15) Most of our lives we have to hearken to somebody's counsel, because surely someone has gone the road as a Christian that you are traveling and they who have made it without bitterness, and actually learned something and is applying it to their lives, can give you insight. Hearken not only means to listen to but it also mean to attend to; be all ears; become aware; pick up; strain and take for yourself. Of course the greatest counsel is the Word of God, but God has living oracles all around us speaking His Word, like yield signs on the highway of God. It is time to strain to pick up and take to ourselves every morsel of wise counsel that He gives. Quite often it will help us to avoid the longest journey to a straight path. There have been several times in my life that I have been on an unnecessary wilderness journey because I did not heed the counsel of the wise. But with age in Christ comes wisdom as you learn to stay yielded to His wisdom. "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness." (Prov.16:31) The road to you become wiser is to stay humble and teachable, that is God's highway. "He guides us and directs us by his Words of wisdom. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding" (Prov.2:6) Look around you, and you know as well as I do that what is needed now, it is wisdom from God alone. It is what will cause us to be victorious no matter what comes against us. The mind Of God, the One who spoke the worlds into existence. He is constantly speaking let's be all ears and attend to His wisdom, then we will be people of integrity. Let's hearken to his counsel!
Love,
Pastor D.
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