Our Scripture for today is Proverbs 7:2-3.
“Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.”
This proverb is a call for the very unpopular thought that we need to pay attention to the authority over us. Of course the greatest authority is God and His Word. Today when you urge people to “keep” God’s commandments, you will be jeered by many as a “commandment keeper.” To some, God is love and has nothing to do with our need to keep commandments. Of course God IS love, but he is also the wise one who gave us commandments.
Notice in this proverb how God tells us to behave toward his commandments.
First, “guard his teachings as the apple of your eye.” If anything gets into our eye, we react suddenly with an effort to guard the eye.
Second, “Tie them to your fingers.” There is an old saying about the need to tie a string around your finger so that you will remember. Each time you see the string on your finger, you will remember why it is there. This is part of the rationale for the wedding ring.
Third, “Write them on the tablet of your heart.” Take the commandments and memorize them. Because they are in your heart, you can reflect on them at the odd moments of the day.
It is an honor to be called a “commandment keeper.” This proverb calls on us to be so.
I’m Lonnie Davis
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