RECEIVE INSTRUCTION AND LIVE HONORABLY
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“When I saw it. I considered it well; I looked on it and
received instruction: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to rest; so shall your poverty come like a prowler, and your need like an
armed man.”—Proverbs 34:22
All around us people are conducting
their lives in less than honorable ways.
Appalling scenes of people conducting their lives filled with greed,
lust, violence, corruption and filth fill the television screens, movie theaters,
radio and internet. People’s reputations
are being laid bare. I have heard some say
that these things are a sign-of-the- times.
However, the church of the Living God need not conduct their lives in
this manner; nor, do we need to allow riotous living infect our lives. The
church (the body of Christ) is to know right from wrong and to have a good
reputation among those of the world.
The word honor means to have a keen
sense of right and wrong, to have chastity, purity, and a good reputation. Peter
wrote that we are to, “Honor аll people.
Love thе brotherhood. Fear God. Honor thе king” (1 Peter 2:17). The book оf
Proverbs clearly illustrates thе association of one’s behavior wіth its
resulting honor.
Prayer—Father, I come to you
asking you to give me instructions so that my life brings glory and honor to
your name, in Jesus Name. Amen.
