Proverbs - These Three Things

Proverbs 21:4

                              

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

We are told that these three things are sin.  What are these three things? 

I.  A high look

·        A high look is a haughty look.  This can be in our facial expressions or even in a tone of our voice.

·        We mustn’t look down on people for any reason.  We shouldn’t look down on people because of their weaknesses. 

2.  A proud heart

·        The meditations of our heart can be downright ugly.  We can have a heart that measures all others against our own standards and be deceived in that our heart is not right against God’s standards.

·        A proud heart exalts its case and is consumed with its own injuries and wounds at the expense of being concerned about others and pleasing God.

3.  The plowing of the wicked.

·        Plowing is digging up dirt to plant seed.  The wicked like to take good ground and break it up so that it becomes vulnerable to wicked suggestions.

·        We must not partner with this cause and stir up problems to make our homes or people vulnerable to demonic suggestion and ideas.

Sin results in death.  This could be death of a sweet moment, death in a relationship or if continued in without changing – eternal death.  Oh Lord, help us have a humble look, a lowly heart and a settling effect on those around us.  Let us be like You, Lord Jesus.  You were God but you humbled yourself to be a servant.  Help us walk in our day with a heart that seeks to serve and the ability to speak to winds and storms around us bringing a calm and stillness so that others can hear Your voice and rest in you.