{"id":3018,"date":"2020-04-01T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2020-04-02T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:56:04","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-proverbs-1-4-1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3018","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Proverbs 1 – 4-1-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Proverbs 1 –\n4-1-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The Book of Proverbs is a book that challenges\nus to live in God\u2019s wisdom.  Written by\nthe wisest man in scripture apart from God Himself, it is full of truth that\ncan lead us into a life of joy, peace and fellowship with God and man.  The first 7 verses give us a theme and purpose\nfor the book ending with the purpose statement \u201cThe fear of the Lord is the\nbeginning of knowledge\u201d.  The challenge\nis to listen and take instruction from those God places over us, vs. 8-9.  Oh that we would listen and wear that \u201cgraceful\ngarland\u201d and pendent that comes from listening to wisdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   We are warned to not be enticed and tempted\nto throw our hat in with those who reject God\u2019s wisdom and choose sinful,\nrebellious, and harmful ways.  It is so\ntempting to want to be with the popular people who stand out and whose \u201cfeet\nrun to evil\u201d.  I am reminded of my youth\nwhen all I wanted was to be accepted and was willing to do most anything to fit\nin with the popular kids.  So many times,\nI thought I could be happy if I just did the rebellious acts that would get me\nnoticed and loved.  Oh I was noticed, but\nnot for the right reasons, and usually by those who would have to punish\nme.  Praise the Lord for faithful parents\nwho always encouraged me in the wisdom of the Lord and His Word.  Sometimes that encouragement took on the form\nof painful discipline, but the board of knowledge was applied to the seat of\nwisdom with love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The verse that stuck out to me the most is\nverse 23; \u201cIf you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;\nI will make my words known to you\u201d.  The\nfollowing verses remind me of the destruction that is waiting for those who do\nnot listen to the rebuke and reproof of the Lord, ending with a promise to\nthose who listen of security, ease and lack of dread.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, I know that I need Your wisdom in my\nlife.  I have tried my own ways and the\nways of the foolish that leads to pain and misery.  Forgive me for not listening and obey You\nword.  Thank You for Your promise that\nYou will \u201cpour out Your Spirit\u201d and make Your Words known to me if I will turn\nquickly at the sound of Your rebuke. \nHelp me to listen and obey quickly when I know Your Spirit\u2019s leading in\nmy life.  I want Your blessing more then\nthe recognition and popularity among sinful men.  I love You, Lord! May You be glorified in my\nlife.  In Jesus name, Amen.  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Proverbs 1 – 4-1-20    The Book of Proverbs is a book that challenges us to live in God\u2019s wisdom.  Written by the wisest man in scripture apart from God Himself, it is full of truth …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3019,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}