Heavenly Father, I praise You for Your word being a guide to wisdom and to knowing You. I give You praise for the lessons I have learned in life, even if some I had to do more than once. I praise You for giving me purpose, hope, and desires to seek, serve, and know You. Help me today to be wise enough to take command of my day and shake the evil from it.
Holy Spirit, as a Youth, I read Proverbs every month for a couple of years to try to obtain some wisdom. You inspired the writers in Proverbs to write: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” “Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.” “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.” “In the fear of the Lord, there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. To turn one away from the snares of death.” “The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.” “In mercy and truth atonement is provided for iniquity; and by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.” “The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil.” “Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day; For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.” [Proverbs 1:7; 2:5&6; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 14:26&27; 15:33; 16:6; 19:23; 23:17&18] My hope, my wisdom, understanding, knowledge and discernment all draw from the fear of the Lord, I will drink deeply of this fountain, seek diligently of this knowledge, stand strong on the foundation of the hope that comes from my fear of the Lord. My knowledge of the Holy One will be the beginning and growth of my understanding. I will love the Lord my God with all my heart, mind, will, soul, and spirit so I may live with and in Him all the days of my life. May I be known for my fear of the Lord, all the days of my life. Amen. Amen.