February 3, 2008

Proverbs 3:7-24 - DIVINE DESIGN (part 2)

 

vs 7-8 - DIVINE HEALTH

-a godly life and good health are tied together

 

v7 * put away pride and the big head

    - we don't know everything

 

 

     *depart from evil - means to turn away completely and turn off

-to depart from evil means:

 

a.) do not tolerate evil - do not call evil good

b.) separate sin from sinner

 

 

v8 - mental, physical and emotional health will automatically come to us

 

health to our navel - this is mental and emotional health - this is inside of us

-deals with our past and generational curses

 

 

health to our bones - the marrow - is physical health

-God is The Healer...

 

 

 

 

 

vs9-10 - DIVINE PROSPERITY

 

v9 - Honor - means to highly respect, esteem and reverance; to value above anything and anyone

 

LDM - LIfe Defining Moments

 

-How to honor God?      a.) from our wealth

 

REMEMBER: everything we have or possess has been given to us by God

 

 

                                    b.) from placing God first in our lives - firstfruits

REMEMBER: the first thing you do is give your tithe

 

 

v10 - fullness and abundance automatically come to the believer as they honor God

 

-you reap what you sow

-you reap more than you sow

 

 

 

 

vs 11-12 - DIVINE CORRECTION

 

v11 - the Lord brings correction to His children

*through the Word of God

*through the innner conviction of the Holy Spirit

*through people

 

 

       -correction is not judgment

 

-Judgment only comes to those who do not know Jesus

-Judgment only deals with sin and not the person

-God does not want to judge anyone

 

 

v12 - correction shows us how much God loves us

 

 

 

 

vs13-18 - DIVINE HAPPINESS

 

ASSURANCE

vs13, 18 - Happy - means to be supremely blessed; well off;very fortunate

 

-we can be totally and completely assured that the Source of all happiness is Jesus Christ

v18 - hold on to Him tightly and do not let go - be saved and stay saved

 

 

vs14-15 - Jesus Christ is better than anything else in this world

-better than silver, gold or jewels

 

 

 

ACQUISITION

Right Hand - quantity of life - a long life

 

Left Hand - quality of life

*tree of life - represents eternal life

 

 

 

 

 

 

vs19-24 - DIVINE TRUTH

 

*the Word of God is truth - Absolute Truth

 

vs19-20 - Solomon sspeaks about the truth of Creation

-God created the entire universe

 

v21 - keep these truths and bow to them

 

 

v22 - they help the inner and outer man - transformation

 

 

The result:

 

v23 - we will not stumble over the false

 

v24 - we will sleep well

 

v25 - we will have a truth perspective

 

v26 - we will be confidence