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Proverbs 5 Commentary

by Hoo · Jan 24, 2013

Read Proverbs 5.

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Get ready Solomon is going to say some really important stuff.

3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.

Be careful of people who are adulterous. They are smooth, but bitter. Not sure what gall tastes like, but it probably doesn’t taste very good.

5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.

Adultery leads to death. All sin does, but adultery apparently is a huge one. Perhaps because many people are influenced by the consequences.

6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

Adultery does not think about the future.

7 Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.

Listen!

8 Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.

If you stay away from adultery you will keep your honor, dignity, wealth, and enrich yourself.

11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble
in the assembly of God’s people.”

If you stay away from adultery you will be happy, disciplined, love correction, obey teachers, listen to instructors, and peace with God’s people.

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

I’ve heard cistern/fountain as a metaphor for your spouse. Your spouse should satisfy you. Your relationship with your spouse belongs to you alone.

20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

Why gamble your life?

21 For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.

God knows everything.

22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 For lack of discipline they will die,
led astray by their own great folly.

Evil deeds, sin, and lack of discipline will lead to death.

I struggle with lust. It helps a little bit that my raging hormones have subsided now that I am in my thirties. That’s why I encourage early godly marriages. To protect our children from this entangling sin.

Actionable item: Spend time with godly people who love their spouses.

Filed Under: 30 day project, Musings, Quiet Times

Proverbs 4 Commentary

by Hoo · Jan 24, 2013

I missed yesterday! I messed up. I’ll do two today. Not exactly what I wanted to do.

That might be the reason why I’m so drained this morning.

BibleGateway’s Scripture of the Day is encouraging by the way.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

James 1: 5-7

I’m going to ask God publicly. God give me more wisdom! Help me believe and not doubt. I want to be single-minded and stable in all I do! In Jesus name- Amen!

Proverbs 4 on Bible Gateway

1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.

Due to a lack of depth of relationship with my Dad. It is hard for me to relate to this scripture. I am trying to build a deeper relationship with my dad, but it is challenging with the distance. However, this scripture says that I need to learn from my parents, because my parents are looking out for me. Even if I think my parents are wrong some times. What’s important is to get wisdom and understanding, because wisdom will protect me. Love wisdom and she will protect me. I have been unwise several times and ignored wisdom- very expensive lessons for me to the tune of $20,000.

7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”

Get wisdom. Get understanding to the point it costs everything I have. That scripture is hard to swallow. If I cherish wisdom and understanding I will be exalted, honored, and be presented with a glorious crown. I wonder what the crown means in this context.

10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.

If you are wise you will live a long time. Hold onto instruction because it is my life.

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.

Stay away from wickedness and evil. I had to look up the word wicked to make sure I understood what it meant. Wicked: causing harm or doing evil. If whatever I’m doing is intentionally hurting people – probably not good to be doing that.

20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.

Wisdom is really important. Proverbs alone has repeated it like 5 times already. It’s good for me.

23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.

Guard my heart, everything I do comes from it. Say good things, look straight ahead, think about where I go, and stay on the good path.

Action item: Never forget reason.

Filed Under: 30 day project, Musings, Quiet Times

Is Life Good? If Not Change Something

Is Life Good? If Not Change Something

by Hoo · Jul 31, 2012

Right now- I’m not happy. Life is not good.

I’ve been struggling with the same things (lack of discipline and self control, lack of health, lack of a deep relationship with God, lack of a clear plan).

What have I been doing to change that? Nothing.

When I’m unhappy- I like to escape into something. Whether its entertaining TV shows or video games.

Which only prolongs the cycle.

Today is the first day for me to return to work.

I’m still jet-lagged from my six week trip from the USA. I woke up at 5am. I went to bad last night at 9pm.

It’s awesome. I have a fresh start.

Thank God for patience. I would have been destroyed a long time ago.

I’ve created a plan for a new project that I plan on working on for the next 30 days.

I’ll be releasing it after the fact, because I don’t want to get that artificial high, by saying I will do something, and then never following up with it again.

If you’re unhappy. Change something!

God bless!

Image Source: Millionaire Fastlane on Facebook

Filed Under: 30 day project, Inspiration

God’s Final Word: His Son

by Hoo · Dec 3, 2011

Yes! Two days in a row.

HEAVEN

Todays QT: Hebrews 1

1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

Sometimes I wonder what would it be like if I lived in a time period- before or during Jesus’ days. All I can hope is that there is a reason I live in the era I live in now. I definitely appreciate the technology, creativity, and other blessings that we have over previous generations.

The Son Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father”?

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”?

6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”

Out of all of the different types of relationships there must be something unique between the father/son relationship.

7 In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
and his servants flames of fire.”

8 But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

10 He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.”

I don’t completely understand the whole trinity thing. All I can do is have a relative grasp of it. It would be nice that everything in the universe was designed for you- in some ways I think it is. That’s how much God loves you.

13 To which of the angels did God ever say,

“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet”?

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

What I get from these last two scriptures is that you have to choose to be on the right side.

Action from QT: Continue to think about how I can add value into the world. Instead of wasting my life. Finish the goals of where I want to be in 5, 10, 20 years, or when I die.

5 List Today:

  1.  Continue to clean out email box… there were 150+ emails I had to deal with… I am unsubscribing from a bunch of lists
  2. Finish goals
  3. Clean off desktops of my Mac/PC
  4. Sell stuff on eBay
  5. Go out and pray

Filed Under: 30 day project, Quiet Times

Accountability and Repentance: Day 1 of 30

Accountability and Repentance: Day 1 of 30

by Hoo · Jun 5, 2011

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? – Luke 16:10-12

I have big dreams for my life and I really want to live my life to the full. To be honest, I haven’t really lived a life worth bringing glory to God. I need to change.

Here’s my plan:

  • Be trusted with the little stuff first – I’ve been doing a terrible job in so many areas – finance, physical, relationships and more.
  • Write down plans, goals, and dreams.
  • Take MASSIVE action on the little stuff.

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Filed Under: 30 day project, Musings