“Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.”
– Proverbs 4:23

Be very careful and thoughtful about the condition of your heart. Not in a physical sense. In an emotional and spiritual sense. Is life and love present and flowing out of your heart? Or is bitterness, anger, discouragement, or death present and flowing out of your heart?

Jesus explained that what comes out of our mouths reflects the true condition of our hearts. This proverb tells us that it’s very wise to carefully and constantly monitor our hearts. This is because human hearts can be so easily deceived. So easily drawn toward false, foolish, and sinful things. So easily wounded and scarred into fear, selfishness, cynicism, or cruelty.

Don’t let these things happen! Check your heart regularly. What are you feeling? What are you saying? How well is your heart lining up with the heart of Jesus? How well is it imitating and obeying His words, will, and ways? What is your heart pushing you toward? Is it godly or ungodly? What words come tumbling out of your mouth from your heart? Are they godly or ungodly? #FollowJesus

“If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.”
– Proverbs 1:23

Wisdom is constantly extending an invitation to any and all who would accept it. Seek God’s wisdom and you’ll find it. Wisdom doesn’t play hide-and-seek. Not with those sincerely looking for it. Wisdom isn’t a mystery wrapped in an enigma. If you catch a word of wisdom from the Lord and actually respond to it appropriately, then wisdom opens the floodgates for even more wisdom!

The Bible is full of God’s wisdom, meant to bless and protect you from your own foolishness. Seek God’s wisdom. Read it, study it, meditate on it, and live by it. Let God’s wisdom, revealed throughout the Bible, challenge you, rebuke, and correct you. Act on what God’s Word teaches you and don’t be surprised to discover a tidal wave of wisdom headed your way! #FollowJesus

“If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.”
– Psalm 119:92

God’s Word will nourish your soul, if you let it. Especially in your darkest, loneliest, most sorrowful seasons. God reveals His sacrificial love, overwhelming mercy, and utter faithfulness through His Word. Let the Bible remind you of that regularly. God reveals His kindness and meticulous care for you in the Bible. Stay in God’s Word daily to be reminded of this regularly.

Don’t just read God’s Word. Meditate on it. Learn to delight in it. Revel in the glorious truths contained and the glorious God revealed. Delight in the words and actions of your loving Savior, Jesus. Let His afflictions encourage you that Jesus truly understands, and is present with, you in your afflictions.

Find strength and courage to face the day by reading, meditating, and delighting on God’s Word. Find grace for each moment through a relationship with Jesus grounded in His commands and comforts recorded in Scripture. #FollowJesus

“Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.”
– Psalm 37:16-17

We’re living in times when the wicked sure seem to prosper, often outrageously so. Arguably, it feels like the more wicked a person is, the more prosperous he or she grows. It can feel like those who try to do things right, quietly living in obedience to Jesus are just getting cut out, cut down, and left behind. This will not last!!!

God knows who each person is. He knows how they got to the situation they are in, whether they have much or little. And God will administer perfect justice that will last forever. It may not be during anyone’s earthly lifetime but it will certainly be eternal in nature. God upholds the righteous and will continue to do so. The rewards for seeking to live by Christ’s words, commands, and character will never end. And the punishment for the wicked will also never end.

If you’re doing right by God but falling behind in the world, fear not! Rejoice instead, for your costly faithfulness will one day be rewarded. If you’re doing wrong, getting ahead in un-Christlike ways, be afraid for what’s coming for you! #FollowJesus

“Praise the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who greatly delights in his commandments!”
– Psalm 112:1

Do you want to be blessed??? Get to know the Lord in His awesome majesty, power, glory, and splendor! Cultivate a deep sense of awe and respect for the Almighty Creator of the universe. Humble yourself before the all-knowing, all-wise, all-good, all-powerful, ever-present King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Meditate on how vast He is and how small you are. Seriously reflect on His absolute, awesome, overwhelming holiness. Embrace the truth that His ways aren’t your ways and His thoughts aren’t your thoughts. That’s what it means to fear the Lord. Fear the Lord!

And be blessed! Delight in God’s commandments. Delight in His Scriptures, knowing that they were given for His glory and your blessing. Study the God’s Word, work to understand it, and meditate on how to obey it. Read about Jesus and delight in your Savior. Find strength in the faithfulness of God. Delight in the mercy of God. The grace of God. The patience of God. The love of God. The justice of God. The judgment of God. The goodness of God. The wrath of God.

Praise the Lord! Fear the Lord! Delight in His commandments! #FollowJesus