Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from those in worship singing … Sweeter Than Honey … worshipfully singing of how God’s word is more valuable than gold and sweeter than the honeycomb from Psalm 19.
Highlight Verse[s]: Proverbs 24:14 [NLT] ... 14 In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.
… God, thru Solomon, exhorts us to partake of God’s wisdom as we would partake of the sweetness and health benefits of honey.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Proverbs 24:13-14 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Solomon, desiring health for his son, encourages the boy to partake of God’s wisdom the way he would partake of honey.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 19:7-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… As the linked song sings … God’s word is more desirable than gold and sweeter than the honeycomb, and producing health for the soul.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, desiring that we be healthy, encourages us to seek wisdom from the Lord to give us spiritual as well as physical health.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 4:10-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, speaking as a Heavenly Father to His children, shows them that following His instructions (i.e., His word) is the way to wisdom and well being in life.
Reference Passage : … 1 Corinthians 11:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul knew that others would thrive in Christlikeness if they followed Paul’s wisdom and ways because he, Paul, was following Christ’s wisdom and His ways, … which is the only way to glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, uses a very sweet word picture to illustrate how our pursuit of God’s sweet wisdom produces good health in this life. … The ODB author wrote: People the world over spent an estimated $98.2 billion on chocolate in 2016. The number is staggering, yet at the same time not all that surprising. Chocolate, after all, tastes delicious [see photo] and we enjoy consuming it. So the world rejoiced collectively when the sweet treat was found to have significant health benefits as well. Chocolate contains flavonoids that help safeguard the body against aging and heart disease. Never has a prescription for health been so well received or heeded (in moderation, of course!).
Common, dear ones, how many, … besides me, … were glad to learn that chocolate (see photo) has some definite heart health benefits? Well, when Solomon wrote many of God’s Proverbs (see above), they were meant to get his son to pursue Godly wisdom the way he might pursue the sweetness of honey; … because Godly wisdom, from pursuing God’s truth (i.e., His word), will produce spiritual heath, and quite possibly physical health, in our lives.
That’s what God wanted us to see from King David. singing about God’s word being more valuable than gold and sweeter than the honeycomb (see Ps 19]; and the Apostle Paul trying to get others to follow him the way he was following Christ’s words and ways (see 1Cor. 11:1-2).
So, I pray today that all reading here will do all we can in this new year to pursue the sweetness and vitality of God’s truth from His word; … and that we might receive the spiritual (and yes, even the physical) benefits it affords. That’s why you find me here every morning, trying to sap and share as much of God’s sweetness from His word as I can.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for Your word which drips like honeycomb with your sweet wisdom.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to partake of the honeycomb of Your wisdom from Your word. … Amen
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