I Give You My Word!

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My son, keep my words and store up my commandments within you. Keep my commands and you will live. Guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Proverbs 7:1-2

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Jesus knows the temptation man will face and with a holy desire to see us stand strong and resist, gives us the keys we will need in order to do that.

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How many times has someone said to you "I give you my word!" You look at that one and there is a battle going on inside you...can I really trust them to tell me the truth? Now, how do you feel when God says "I give you My word..." When you know God personally a confidence settles over you—God said it and He cannot lie. You know Him and his Word is truth. What is His Word telling me? "Keep my words and store up my commandments within you...and you will live." Keep them. Don't pick them up, look them over, see how they feel, then put them down and walk away! Keep them—within you. Not as an outward adornment but within you. Apply it to your heart. Let His commands be the thing that shapes your heart and your mind. Let it shape how you think about things and how you respond in each situation. Keep it means you never put it back. It is always with you. "Guard my teachings..." Guard is an active word; you must continually guard. What can happen if a guard turns away even for a moment? That which he is guarding can be lost or stolen. A guard is diligent, constant. Guard God's commands as the apple of your eye—the most precious and vulnerable thing you have and that which gives you clarity of vision. Because when you see clearly you know clearly.

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Father, how precious is Your Word to me. I want to see clearly and to know and keep close Your commands to me. Thank you for Your Word that gives us wisdom and understanding.