Latest / A Chapter a Day Bible Reading / August 29 - Proverbs 15:29-33

Transcript

August 29 - Proverbs 15:29-33 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

• 0:11
  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Friday.
• 0:15
  It's the 29th of August and you have done well.
• 0:18
  You've reached the end of another week.
• 0:21
  Bully for you, as here we are. And as we do each week on a
• 0:25
  Friday, we are going to dip our toes into some old school wisdom
• 0:30
  from God, wrapped up in these beautiful little proverbs
• 0:34
  delivered to us so that we can contemplate the wisdom of God
• 0:41
  and maybe have our lives shifted just a little bit toward God's
• 0:45
  Kingdom and not so much by the folly that the world tells us is
• 0:50
  truth. And boy, oh boy, done about you.
• 0:53
  But again and again I get convinced that the world's truth
• 0:56
  is legitimate. And it's good every Friday to be
• 1:00
  brought back to the feet of the wise King Solomon to hear his
• 1:04
  truth. Let us read some more together
• 1:07
  as we finish off the 15th chapter of Proverbs.
• 1:10
  Reading Proverbs, 1529 to 33. The Lord is far from the wicked,
• 1:26
  but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
• 1:31
  A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
• 1:34
  Good news makes for good health. If you listen to constructive
• 1:39
  criticism, you will be at home among the wise.
• 1:44
  If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself.
• 1:48
  But if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
• 1:54
  Fear of the Lord teachers wisdom.
• 1:56
  Humility precedes honour. And again, the Lord is far from
• 2:05
  the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
• 2:10
  A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
• 2:13
  Good news makes for good health. If you listen to constructive
• 2:19
  criticism, you will be at home among the wise.
• 2:25
  If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself.
• 2:28
  But if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
• 2:34
  Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom. Humility precedes honour.
• 2:50
  Our Lord, your proverbs, rich in wisdom, speak so often about
• 2:55
  hearing constructive criticism, about being open to discipline,
• 2:59
  and that's how we build this wisdom and understanding.
• 3:04
  But Lord, here tucked away in that second little proverb, is
• 3:08
  this little nugget of pure gold that says a cheerful look brings
• 3:14
  joy to the heart. Good news makes for good health.
• 3:19
  Ah, Lord, the simple, simple little thing of a cheerful look
• 3:23
  can bring this profound gift of joy to the heart.
• 3:27
  And I dare to say that it's not just joy to the heart of those
• 3:31
  that see that cheerful look, but to the giver of the cheerful
• 3:33
  look as well. Lord, so often we complicate our
• 3:37
  lives, complicate the way that we seek satisfaction and peace
• 3:42
  and contentment. But here Solomon lays it out so
• 3:47
  clearly. That's something as simple as a
• 3:50
  cheerful look can bring joy to the heart.
• 3:55
  Ah, so Lord, I pray that you inspire us with your joy so that
• 4:01
  we can walk around not with the seriousness and weight of
• 4:03
  responsibility on our shoulders, but with a levity.
• 4:07
  A levity that bubbles up and takes our unhappy faces out of
• 4:13
  that expression into a cheerful look.
• 4:18
  The cheerful look that says I am loved no matter what, I am saved
• 4:22
  no matter what, And my future, my future is locked in with all
• 4:27
  good things. Thank you for this beautiful
• 4:31
  gift that you give us, and may we respond with cheerful hearts
• 4:36
  and cheerful looks. Ah, we love you, the God who
• 4:40
  gives us reason to be cheerful. And we pray all of this in your
• 4:43
  name, Jesus, Amen.