PROVERBS
27:1-27 – ‘Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring’ (1). God speaks to us about today.
He says, ‘Now is the day of salvation’. Today, we are in ‘the valley of
decision’. We must make up our mind about Jesus Christ. Today may be
your last opportunity to act on God’s precious promise: ‘Everyone who
calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved’ (Joel 3:14; 2:32; Acts
2:21). Tomorrow may be too late. Your life may be over before tomorrow
comes. Tomorrow, you may hear God’s Word of judgment: ‘I never knew you.
Depart from Me, you evildoers!’. Tomorrow, you may face ‘eternal
punishment’ (Matthew 7:23; 25:46). Tomorrow need not be a day of
judgment. Choose Christ today. Let today be your ‘day of salvation’.
28:1-28 – ‘Blessed is the one who always fears the Lord. If
you harden your heart, you will be ruined’ (14). The blessing of God
comes to us through the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Saviour: ‘The Gospel
is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes’. To
those who refuse to come to Christ and receive His salvation, God issues
His solemn warning: ‘Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant
heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the Day of God’s
wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed’ (Romans 1:16; 2:5).
We receive ‘salvation’ through faith in Christ, ‘the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world’. Those who reject Christ and His
salvation must face ‘the wrath of the Lamb’ (John 1:29; Revelation 7:10;
6:16).
29:1-27 – ‘The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern’. So many people have a ‘couldn’t
care less’ attitude. They have stopped listening to God’s Word and they
have lost interest in living God’s way – ‘Where there is no revelation,
the people cast off restraint’. For those who are ignoring God, refusing
to listen to His Word and turning away from the pathway of obedience,
God has a stern Word of warning: ‘If you get more stubborn every time
you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover’. God
is calling us to leave the pathway of disobedience and disaster and walk
in the way of obedience and blessing: ‘Blessed is he who keeps the law’
(7,1,18).
30:1-33 – In verse 5, we learn about God’s Word. His Word is
‘true’. His Word is ‘pure’. His Word is full of blessing for those who
‘put their trust in Him’. Trusting in Him , we learn that ‘His Word is
truth’. God’s Word is full of blessing for those who ‘live according to
His Word’. Living in obedience to His Word, we find that His Word makes
us ‘pure’. Through His Word of truth, God leads us in the pathway of
holiness, Jesus prays for us: ‘Make them pure and holy through teaching
them Your Words of truth’. God’s Word is ‘more precious than gold’. May
God help us to ‘hide His Word in our hearts that we might not sin
against Him’ (John 17:17; Psalms 19:10; 119:9,11).
31:1-31 – ‘A wife of noble character who can find? She is
worth far more than rubies… Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised’ (10,30). We are to seek
‘treasures in heaven’ rather than ‘treasures on earth’ (Matthew
6:19-21). The riches of this world will not last for ever: ‘All your
riches and splendour have vanished, never to be recovered… “Woe! Woe, O
great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering
with gold, precious stones and pearls! In one hour such great wealth has
been brought to ruin!”’ There is one treasure which lasts forever – the
treasure of salvation. Let us praise our Saviour: ‘Hallelujah!
Salvation and power and glory belong to our God’ (Revelation 18:14-17;
19:1).
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