Aug 9, 2020
Pursuing Wisdom #3
Trust Towards the Lord
By Louie Marsh, 8-9-2020
1) The amazing BENEFITS of Godly Wisdom.
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. 3 Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Proverbs 3:1-4 (ESV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
trust toward Yahweh with all your heart but toward your understanding do not lean Proverbs 3:5 (CBLBible)
2) Who or what will I TRUST?
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart…
Trust = to be reliant, trust, be unsuspecting." This verb, which
occurs 118 times in biblical Hebrew, has a possible Arabic cognate
and a cognate in late Aramaic. The word means "to trust" in
Deut.
28:52: "And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy
high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout
all thy land…"
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4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV)
22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 (ESV)
3) What will I REFUSE to trust?
… do not lean on your own understanding.
The verb בָּטַח, it acquires the meaning confidere,
to lean with the whole body on something, in order to rest upon it,
strengthened by עַל, if one lean wholly …to lean on anything, so
as to be supported by
Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament - Volume 6:
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
15 “‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:15 (ESV)
3 When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD. Proverbs 19:3 (ESV)
4) This will show in who’s ON FIRST in my life.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him…
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. James 1:23-25 (ESV)
Discussion Questions
1) Do you think it’s true that we naturally lean towards ourselves? Why or why not?
2) What benefits of Godly wisdom can you see operating in your life today?