Still time to make Resolutions

​Son, don’t forget what I teach you.  Always remember what I tell you to do.  My teaching will give you a long and prosperous life.                                                                                                                      Proverbs 3:1 (Good News Bible)
Hello Friend,
            You may have already made (and broken) your New Year’s Resolutions.  I am suggesting a spiritual set of ten resolutions from the wisest man who ever lived; no, it’s not Jim.  The resolutions are written by Solomon and can be found in Proverbs 3: 1-32.   I have often said that you and I can find an answer to any question or situation of life if we would just look in God’s word.  These precepts are not called resolutions, but I don’t think you could find any guidelines for living that are better if you tried.                       

1. Let love and faithfulness never leave you (vv. 3-5)                                        
2. Trust in the Lord with all your heart (vv. 5-6)
3. Do not be wise in your own eyes (vv. 7-8)
4. Honor the Lord with your wealth (vv. 9-10)
5. Do not despise the Lord’s discipline (vv. 11-12)
6. Search diligently for wisdom and find it  (vv. 13-24)
7. Have no fear  (vv. 25-26)
8. Do not withhold good from those who deserve it (vv. 27-28)
9. Do not plot harm against your neighbor (vv. 29-30)
10. Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways (vv. 31-32)

            Challenge:  Let’s you and I resolve to live by these principles and then just anticipate and delight in what God will do in our lives.  Note that our key scripture promises that if we learn and obey these teachings, they will give us a long and prosperous life.  Now these are resolutions worth keeping!
Prayer:  Lord, give me a backbone and not a wishbone.  Strengthen my will to follow your teachings.  I long to be your disciple.     Amen.  
Resolving to make wise choices,                                                                                                                                Linda