Proverbs 7:1 says, My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
This is another call for us to keep the commandments of God. If we are to keep them, then we must know them. Verse two states, Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Keeping God's commandments, under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, brings life. Though we cannot claim everlasting life through simply keeping the commandments, because we all fall short of keeping them completely, they do lead to a better relationship with people and with God. They are still to direct our path. Verse three says, Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. God's commandments are to be written in our hearts. Even if we have them bound on our fingers, the most important thing is to have them guide our every action. Verse four declares, Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: Wisdom and understanding are to be like close kinsmen to us. We must live every day with wisdom and understanding, which can only come when we acknowledge the leadership of God through our relationship with Christ. This is not a call to learn more facts, but a call to live by the wisdom that God is alive in our lives and directs our path. Worldly wisdom will not do, but only God given wisdom will lead us to the best in life. Verse five adds, That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. This is another warning that God's wisdom will keep us from falling into sexual temptations. If we are following Christ in every aspect of our life, then we will not be tempted by things that oppose what He teaches us. Verse six states, For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, Solomon simply says he was looking out his window. We may often be looking out on life as well. Verse seven states, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Solomon said he saw a young man devoid of understanding among the youth. How often do we look out on the youth of the world today and see those that appear to be devoid of understanding by the way they act. Verse eight states, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, Matthew Henry says this was a married woman whose husband wasn't at home. Whether married or single, she tempted the simple youth. I believe this means that he was inexperienced in sexual situations. Verse nine adds, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: This occurred not in the light of day, but in the darkness of night. People often want the darkness of night to cover them when they know that they are doing something wrong. Of course, some people don't seem to care whether it is day or night, because they aren't worried about hiding their sins. Without the wisdom and understanding of God, we are always in spiritual darkness, whether it is daylight or dark outside.
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