Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in Yahweh with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. ⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”

The KJV and NKJV – “direct your paths.”

Back to the beginning—my beginning—in the Christian faith.  This passage was the catalyst that brought me to Salvation and the New Birth. I was trusting everything but God. I knew I was lost and going to hell, but I thought I had done too much to be forgiven. This passage enabled me to cease trusting my understanding and receive His mercy.

We are to trust in God, not self-reliance or human understanding. By acknowledging God, His truth, and His love, I received my pardon, which transformed me forever!

I am reminded of the saying, “Play with fire, and you will get burned” (Proverbs 6:27).  I am also reminded of the destructiveness of hate and the power of love (Proverbs 10:12).

In Proverbs 11 & 12, some powerful life applications captured our thoughts.

• If we seek and pursue God and His righteousness, we will be rescued, and the wicked will take our place in destruction (11:8).
• A divided heart receives God’s disfavor, but those who pursue righteousness, His delight.  (11:20).
• Then, there is the thought of giving and its benefits (11:25).

We dare not be too random in these thoughts, so let us consider them in this manner.

• If we give (whatever we give), we will come back to us multiplied.
• What we say impacts both the natural and supernatural.   We can and do place ourselves in a prison through our words, which are oral expressions of thought, which are what is in our hearts.   That which we are flows out in our words. 
• We produce daily harvests through the seed of our expressions.

Proverbs 12:18 –“There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, BUT the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

We speak out of the condition of our hearts, and the overflow comes out in words. Those words heal or hurt. They elevate us into the presence of God or plunge us into the abyss of the world of self. We encourage or disparage through our heart’s overflow. What we are is expressed in our verbalizations. Therefore, we must guard our hearts so that the fruit of our lips will bring a harvest of life and blessing rather than strife and lack.

Luke 12:34 – “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Wherever the heart is focused is where our lives are going.  It is a choice!

I urge you to allow the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with a consciousness of Jesus, His words and promises, and His overflowing Agape love.  Set your heart to ensure that your lips produce a life-giving harvest.  Remember who and whose you are.   That means you are a bringer of life, so receive God’s abundance and refuse to let death and destruction come out of you.  Command with words of life!

May the Lord be with you today and bring you overflowing peace and perfect guidance!