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June 6 - Proverbs 13:13-18 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shaun here. It's Friday, it's the 6th of
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  June and aren't you clever making it to the end of another
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  week? And here at the end of this week
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  we are going to do the thing we do on Fridays, which is get
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  smarter. Who knew that that was something
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  we can do at the end of a long week?
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  But that's exactly what we're going to do as we tap into some
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  age old wisdom and see how that shapes us and improves the way
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  that we engage in the world. A bit of God's wisdom through
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  the ages for us as we read it in Proverbs 1313 to 18.
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  People who despise advice are asking for trouble.
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  Those who respect a command will succeed.
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  The instruction of the wise is like a life giving fountain.
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  Those who accept it avoid the snares of death.
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  A person with good sense is respected.
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  A treacherous person is headed for destruction.
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  Wise people think before they act.
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  Fools don't and even brag about their foolishness.
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  An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a reliable
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  messenger brings healing. If you ignore criticism, you
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  will end in poverty and disgrace.
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  If you accept correction, you will be honoured.
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  And again, people who despise advice are asking for trouble.
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  Those who respect to command will succeed.
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  The instruction of the wise is like a life giving fountain.
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  Those who accept it avoid the snares of death.
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  A person with good sense is respected.
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  A treacherous person is headed for destruction.
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  Wise people think before they act.
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  Fools don't and even brag about their foolishness.
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  An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a reliable
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  messenger brings healing. If you ignore criticism, you
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  will end in poverty and disgrace.
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  If you accept correction, you will be honoured.
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  We see this reoccurring theme in these proverbs of being open to
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  wise counsel, to being open to those who would correct us and
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  change our direction slightly and provide feedback, which
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  let's be honest, Lord, we never like give receiving feedback,
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  particularly if it's feedback about something we're doing not
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  quite being right. But Lord, I pray that you would
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  take away our arrogance, take away our pride, these parts of
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  us which naturally bubble up if we don't pay attention to them.
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  And give us your spirit of humility and openness and even
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  curiosity. That we can always be open to
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  your wisdom as it's sometimes delivered to us in a package
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  that we might not anticipate, like the words of someone else.
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  And Lord, thank you that you continually work on us, that
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  Your spirit continually shapes us and moulds us so that we can
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  be more like you. Ah, Lord, help us always
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  remember that we are on a journey of transformation,
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  becoming ever more like you as your people.
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  Thank you that you would take the time and energy to transform
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  us. And thank you for giving us your
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  spirit right here in our hearts to be the agent of that
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  transformation. So we praise you, our wise and
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  wonderful transformer, and thank you that we get to be more like
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  you. And we pray all of this in the
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  precious name of Jesus, Amen.