S(Proverbs 2:5) Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
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Preceding this verse are five conditions for knowing God, which is finally, at last, the beginning of knowledge (verse 7). When these conditions are active descriptors of how I live and what I love, then I can enjoy valid and health-filled intimacy with God.
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First, I am impregnated by the Word His Spirit offers me; second, I hoard and treasure His commandments (verse 1). Third, I open my ears to hyper-alert attention, then stretch my being to apply whatever He commands (verse 2). Fifth, I boldly vocalize my desire for His knowledge; and sixth, I articulate how I’m changing my life based on my knowledge of God—something changes internally when I declare such things externally (verse 3). Seventh, I make redemptive riches my central prayer, and finally, I tirelessly discover and reclaim God’s answers to what sin had caused to be lost and hidden (verse 4).
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Father God, Your call on my life—on all people’s lives—is better than any Hollywood script. It’s real. It’s bigger than we are, at least it’s bigger than who and what my broken self-image is. Help me to be increasingly like Your precious Son, Jesus Christ.
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