Trust with All Your Heart

Christian Commitment
in Today's World
 
Proverbs 3:3-8 (The Message)
 ^3-4 Don't lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.
   Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart.
Earn a reputation for living well
   in God's eyes and the eyes of the people.

 ^5-12 Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
   don't try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
   he's the one who will keep you on track.
Don't assume that you know it all.
   Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
   your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
   give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
   your wine vats will brim over.
But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline;
   don't sulk under his loving correction.
It's the child he loves that God corrects;
   a father's delight is behind all this.
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For Reflection
The only thing you really own is your reputation.  Your reputation is not static.  A reputation is fragile and easily distorted.  What really matters is that you root your being in God's love and loyalty.  Hope for the Lord.  That hope will transform and sustain you.  Your reputation in God's eyes is all that really matters.

Pray that you"Earn a reputation for living well  in God's eyes and the eyes of the people."  Pray for sustaining animated hope that leads you to trust in the Lord and gives you confidence.