Proverbs - Attend to His Words

Proverbs 4:20-22

 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

 Let them not depart from thine eyes; 

keep them in the midst of thine heart.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

                    We need to attend to the Lord’s Words and bow down our own understanding to all He has to say.  We must guard them and not let them depart from our eyes.  This means that we should be reading the Word of God.  The scriptures teach us that we should, “... give attendance to reading...”. (1 Tim 4:13)  Sometimes we spend a lot of time letting others read to us but we should take some of our leisure time and feast on His Word, savor His truth and familiarize ourselves with His heart on matters.

                    His Words will even be health to our flesh.  In the book of Proverbs there are many practical commands about sleeping, work, eating etc..  Forgiveness releases us of stresses that bear hard on our heart and circulatory system.  Trust rather than anxiety will guard our respiratory system and blood pressure.  His Words are life to us and health to all our flesh.