READ: Proverbs 3:3, 8:17, 10:12, 16:6, 17:9, 25:21-22
The Bible is a
book of love. God’s love for us is declared almost chapter-by-chapter. Our call
to love Him in response is highlighted. Then there’s our duty to love others
extravagantly. Finally, we are told to avoid a “love of the world”, those
things that are counter to the spirit of Christ.
Proverbs does not
speak much of love, but it is in there.
And we can say with complete confidence that love is behind much that is shared
because love is wise! In fact, early in the book we’re told to, “let love and
faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the
tablet of your heart” (3:3). Love is to be a constant companion in our life.
How much we would gain if we kept God’s love for us and our call to love others
before us? The love we’re spurred on to in Proverbs is to extend wide and deep,
even to our enemies.
We’re also told
in Proverbs to actually love wisdom.
To love wisdom is to love God. This
is a profound truth if we’ll meditate on it! Wisdom cries out in the book of
Proverbs, “I love those who love me and those who seek me will find me” (8:17).
Doesn’t this sound like God? Really, it’s God saying to us – be wise!
JOURNALING AND PRAYER
1.
Spend
some time thanking God for the book of Proverbs. Praise Him for not leaving us
without a testimony of who He is, and His Ways. Praise Him for leading you
throughout this book.
2.
Spend
some time in God’s presence, asking to reveal His love to you in a deeper way,
whether through thoughts, words, pictures, verses or even feelings. Ask Him to
reveal His heart for others as well. Pray for the power to love!
